“The only thing in life that’s constant is change.” As cliched as that may sound, it’s the only cliche that’s always valid.
Think about it.
You assume you will always be with your school friends. After all they are the ones who consoled you after your first heartbreak, whose house you could enter anytime of the day and go straight to the fridge. Their parents recognized your voice when you called, and then hours later wondered how much you could possibly have to talk about after spending the whole day in school together. You spent that time talking in code words, making plans to meet in the evening, and just laughing. So there we were with our best friends, ready to take on the world and grow old together. There was nothing to stop you from staying together– that was until you all moved to different places for further studies.
And that was your first tryst with ‘change’. But then you met your college friends. If you were lucky, then some of your school friends accompanied you to college as well. You made new memories, and there were new heartbreaks. And through it all, you found who your new best friends were. They were the ones you lazed around your house with, deciding where to have dinner, who you should go dancing with till the wee hours of the morning. They were the ones you spent the crucial hours before an exam together, cramming in whatever you can, who took you to the doctor when you were sick, who lent you money when you were left with none at the end of the month, with whom even long rides in silence were pure bliss! After school, you thought you’d never meet a group as crazy, as dysfunctional, or even as comforting, but you did. And it was perfect.
And then ‘change’ came knocking again. And we had to take the next step in our life – in our career or further studies – alone.
A new place. A new environment. You needed to do it all over again. But then your work friends got new jobs, moved away, and the cycle continued.
But pause for a minute there. How about you look at this “cycle” as a ladder instead? With each step you take in life, you climb one rung of the ladder. Where ‘change’ plays a part, you probably take longer to take that next step on the ladder, but you eventually get it done.
At the end of it, you find yourself on top of that ladder, carrying a whole load of patience and experience with you – stuff you didn’t even realise you had.
So as Charles Schulz put it, “I think I’ve discovered the secret of life – you just hang around until you get used to it” because despite change, life does go on.
Faye Rodrigues is employed full-time, but makes time to put pen to paper in pursuing her passion for writing. Her dream is to travel the world and write about her adventures. Her passion for travel goes beyond merely reaching a destination – it lies in the adventure of getting there. She believes in the motto – “Live like everyday is your last… Love as though no one is watching you… Write like it’s your only means of communication… Travel as though the world is next door.”