As time passes, everything changes and sometimes we don't even realize that change is occurring. It can be weird sometimes. You grow up with life being one way and as you go it completely changes and it takes running into someone you use to know so well to realize the changes. Life is weird like that. We get it set in our minds that life is supposed to be like this. We see it one way, and we think that it cannot go any other way and then we realize that it already has. Your life can change completely in the blink of an eye or it can change slowly to the point where you barely notice that it is changing at all.
When my mom died life changed suddenly; very suddenly. All the sudden everything was different. This kind of change is hard because you have to adjust and it takes a while but the quicker you adjust the better off you are.
When change occurs slowly no adjustment is needed because you are adjusting as the change occurs. It's kind of like just growing up. You get older, you grow and develop. You change. You hear people say things like "man I got old" or "when did I get so old?" And I never really understood till it started happening to me.
Earlier this year I had an epiphany that my freshman were born in 2002. They were reading an assignment and were surprised that a scientist was alive at the same time as their parents. He died in 1999. I was like 'wait, when where you born?'
I am slowly changing my role in the world and that is weird too. I was a student. That has defined me since I was five years old. I am a student. But now I am taking on the role as teacher. I am a student teacher but soon I will be a teacher. It is a 180-degree flop in roles and it's a big change but I am adjusting. Now instead of doing homework, I am assigning it.
One day you wake up and realize you are a completely different person than you where last year or five years ago. Hopefully you are where you want to be. living the life of your dreams. Life is constantly changing. We just have to go with it.
