Like the Weather
I like to think that changes are easy to handle, that they are good, that I like them. In all actuality, they scare the crap out of me. Sure I like to know new people, visit new places, have a growing family, learn new things, experience adventures, but sometimes I would rather shut myself into my little house, close my eyes and hum to myself pretending nothing unusual is happening. Change cannot be avoided. The moment we are conceived, our lives are determined by change. We change physically in the womb and once we are born, we change physically until the day we die. Even our bodies, once we no longer inhabit them, will be effected by change and deteriorate in the ground. The Bible says that once we reach heaven we will be changed in the twinkling of an eye. We are born with particular abilities and personalities, but even those are effected by change as we grow in maturity and intelligence. The thoughts that crossed my mind as a teenager are not of the same interest to me as a...