Moments, places, people, objects of desire, all come and go without much effort or thought.

We are in a state of constant change, yet, we say change frightens us. Many of us don’t openly welcome change, but change is the one constant in our life and it makes everything around us and everything that we are temporary— knowing very well that nothing lasts forever. As cynical as that sounds, everything shifts and transforms, although our mind instantly goes to love. It doesn’t mean you won’t love someone forever, but that endless love also becomes deeper or fades or transforms or becomes fuller. It does not stay the same throughout the years, but becomes more true and real.

We look at who we were two years ago, a year ago, six months ago and we analyze a stranger because we are no longer who were in the past. Our state in the universe then was and always will be just temporary as we’ve morphed into our new self in the present, and that looks different for all of us. We may be more content or more lost than we’ve ever been, but as time passes, those feelings and actualizations, too, will only be a fleeting memory.

Growth is never ending; we are relentless in our heart’s pursuit of completeness, contentment, fulfillment. We are chasing what seems to an unattainable goal, and in doing so, we realize everything in this moment and time is temporary and forever fading out of our grasps into the past.

I’ve learned the greatest process in welcoming growth and change is to look at life as catching and releasing, to live life with clear intentions that are true to oneself, and to know the difference between good and evil. Time is not kind to many of us, as any moment could be your last or your last moment experiencing a certain love, passion, person, so there is a need to live life with urgency and without fear of what’s to come. Catch the good, and release the pain, hurt, resentment, and any baggage burring your soul. You have here and now and this moment will come and go too, so don’t take it too seriously and live a life that shows gratitude and integrity.