Friday, June 11, 2010

change and farewell

If you have ever taken a moment and evaluated life, I'm sure you would find that the two most consistent things in this life are change and farewell. It's kind of like an out with the old in with the new type thing where you can't change something without saying farewell to something else.
An example could be found in ying and yang, where you cant experience good without out experiencing something bad. It is just one of those endless cycles that repeats over and over. Another example would be a new job, in your change to a new position you have to say farewell to the people you used to work with and embrace the change of the new people you will be working with. While you may see the old people time and again you must say farewell to the way things used to be.
In the words of Washington Irving, "There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in travelling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place." Not all change is bad, but not all change is good, just like in the quote. As we have seem and know all too well change is essential and with that change comes a new farewell. With that farewell comes a new opportunity for growth and development.