All things must come to an end—which admittedly is oftentimes sad and occasionally jolting—yet by definition, wherever there is an end there must also be a beginning. Remember that the next time you begin shedding pint-sized tears over some major life-changing event. Learn to welcome change—To embrace change, to offer it a mammoth bearhug the next time you encounter it!—for the fundamental reason change is the lone constant in our long and oftentimes complicated lives. Change will perpetually be there whether you choose to welcome it or not. It ain’t ever gonna go away simply because we long for that to happen and because we want to satisfy our natural desire to live our lives in an antiseptic bubble on eternal rewind. Recognizing the omnipresence of change and learning to acknowledge it as your true and constant master will inarguably make life that much easier to live in the long run. And if not? Life will overwhelm you sooner rather than later.
Fred's Soapbox 