In life nothing is ever remains the same for an extended period of time. I once heard it said that "the only thing permanent in the world was the fact that everything changes."
Your taste buds can change, you eye and hair color can change, your circumstances can change, and people around you can change.
One of my favorite quotes goes something like this, "Pictures never change, even when the people in them do."
Really stop and think about it...photos are a snap shot into the past. NEVER to be changed.
I can almost guarantee you, if you look back on a picture of you and one of your closest friends, you may not remember exactly the date and time that the photo was taken, but you will always remember the memories that that picture hold within it. You could tell me where you were, what you were doing, you could probably even tell me what you were talking about and what was going through your mind.
Which is where this post is coming from tonight. I was looking through some old yearbooks and pictures on Facebook (of course). Some of the pictures made me laugh and some made me cry and some made me do both simultaneously. I laughed because of all the great memories that the pictures triggered in my mind. I cried because it was hard to even recognize half of the people in them (figuratively speaking). Life got in the way, circumstance changed and those circumstances changed the people, and possibly even me. It felt like even though I see their faces (some of which on a regular basis), that I hadn't REALLY SEEN them in a very long while. And it hurts. a lot.
Change can occur over a long period of time and you don't even realize it til much later. A little change here and a little change there that you don't even notice at the moment, but fast forward a year or even two or three and the results can really shock you!
Just the other day I had the privilege of having lunch with a long lost "best friend" and to see just how many things had changed left me extremely depressed. And the awkward silences left me uncomfortable. And to even begin to imagine that just 3 short years before the two of us were inseparable. You hardly ever saw one without the other,
It's instances like the above that can make us discouraged or encouraged.
You think about it in one of two ways
- "what's the point of wasting my time developing these close intimate relationships with people, just to have them taken away and forgotten. Why do i put my confidence in people with no guarantee that they will still be around in a year. it's pointless."
- "In having this relationship i learned _________. This person taught me the value of _________. They helped me get through the rough patches, and they celebrated my victories with me. Thank you Lord for allowing me ___ amount of time to get to know them.
Life is a river, and change is the river's current. It'd always flowing. You can chose to fight it and tire yourself out never making any progress, or you can chose to relax have faith and see what new and exciting things wait for you around the next bend. Who knows, it might be even better. :)
People change, love hurts, friends leave, things go wrong but just remember life doesn't stop for anybody.
And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.
There comes a time in your life when you realize who will always matter,
who does matter, & who never did. So don't worry about people from
your past, there's a reason why they didn't make it to your future.
Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
Live...Laugh...Love
Until Next Time,
Racheal <3
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