(Flying into and out of Charlotte)
After spending more than five weeks back in my hometown, I
have come to one interesting conclusion: that everything has changed but it's
also still so so the same.
What I mean when I say that is that I have changed. I knew that fact when I left Providence, but it truly
hit me sometime during my stay. My perspectives of the world have changed, and
it's hard to explain what I mean by that—what goes on in this weird mind of
mine—so I'm not going to try it (because I honestly still don't understand it
myself). But, whatever it is, I find it a bit sad. Not only is it sad, but it's
also a bit terrifying. This idea reminds me of a song that used to scare me as
a child when I first heard it: "Everybody's Changing" by Keane.
So little time / Try to understand that I'm / Trying to make a move just to stay in the game / I try to stay awake and remember my name / But everybody's changing and I don't feel the same
My entire life I always thought change was a scary
thing—something to avoid—something that tore people apart. Even today, I don't
think I'm entirely wrong. Because change is
scary. But it's not something we should avoid. Nor is it something that
tears people apart.
True, it sucks, and it's disheartening. But it is what it
is.
And I'm okay with that. And if you're feeling the same way
right now, you should be too.
Why? Because change with a positive connotation is GROWTH.
So when we experience change, it means that we're growing. And so are the
people around us. And I'd like to think that we're growing into the people that
we will be for the rest of our lives. Into the people with whom our significant
others will fall in love. Into the people who might just one day change the
world.
And yeah, of course, us being okay with it doesn't make it
suck any less, but the thing is…we can’t do much about it. We can really only
do one thing: accept it. We can accept people and their different ideas. And if
you're really up for it (which I'm deciding to be), we can be excited for the
person they might grow to be.
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