Change is one of those things that will forever and always be a constant in life. It will always be there. Sometimes in the form of a blessing. Sometimes in a curse.
But that change is inevitable means we can either embrace it, take it, or change the change.
Parents are special in that they get to see all the changes their children go through from infants, to little children, to young adults, and then adults. I have changed a lot in my 29 years. But in a lot of ways, I am who I always was. Except there have been some times in the past six years, where I wasn’t me.
Change does happen over time, and in my life, I didn’t see it happening. But I was changing. And not in a good way. I lost who I was.
It took hitting rock bottom for me to see it. And once I did, I began to re-embrace me, the real Richard.
In Life As a House, George says:
“You know the great thing, though, is that change can be so constant you don’t even feel the difference until there is one. It can be so slow that you don’t even notice that your life is better or worse, until it is. Or it can just blow you away, make you something different in an instant. It happened to me.”
And it’s true. Change is hard to feel when it happens a little at a time until you get to your destination and you don’t even know who you are and how you got there.
What is my grand ‘ol lesson for you now? Listen.
Listen to yourself. Listen to those around you. And as you listen, reflect:
I also wish I had a grand way to not let that happen. When I do figure it out, I will give that advice away for free.
