On the Cycle of Life
I wrote this piece like a month ago, but when the day came for me to post it, I could not believe a single word of it. I thought that when things are really the worst, you can not just think that it will get anybetter. Again, I was wrong. It did pass. There is a quote I like by the long-dead philosopher Heraclitus that says, “the only constant in life is change.” It is impossible for us to stay the same because we are the sum of the interactions that happen to us. Even if we did, the world is still spinning, hence we are inherently changing. Although we can not control it change is a sign of progress too. When we pick up new habits or try different ways of doing things means that an improvement is happening, not an indication of instability or indecision, as I once believed. Now, since we established that change is an essential part of life and it is happening with or without us, let’s use it to our benefit using this phrase: “IT WILL PASS.” This sentence has the key t...