Recently, I read these words in a book of letters by Thoreau and thought I'd share them with you:
"Do they know what life is? If they knew something, the places which know them now would know them no more forever."
These words struck me as I struggle/embrace change. I think the meaning here is that to live is to change, and if we change, if affects everything and everyone around us so that as we change, we no longer live in the same world. The places that know us now will know us no more forever. Kind of sad, isn't yet? Yet, I guess it can be a blessing also.
The strange thing about change is that it isn't always apparent. Sometimes, change starts as a little whisper within, something in there starts stirring, not identifible, but something is no longer the same. Those are the changes which scare me, not the big, crazy ones that are evident to everyone. These little internal shifts that bring about such prolonged change are the ones to keep your eye on. It's like the little shifts somewhere under the ocean which lead to a tidal wave of mass proportions.
Those are the whispers that come screaming at you in months to come.
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Evident screams or hidden whispers, they both allow for us to make choices, mold character, create our integrity. Although change may not always be seen by all and is inevitably not always easy, it can make each day an exciting adventure.
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