Change affects everything in life, from the color of the leaves on the trees to the people you have relationships with, you cannot escape it. It’s around you physically, mentally, and emotionally. Physically, you are changing literally every second of the day. Cells die and are replaced by new ones every second of the day. As you get older new aches and pains show up and you may not be able to function in the same way as you used to when you were older.

But change also happens mentally. As you go through life you will meet so many different people, and each one of those people will have their own thoughts and opinions on the world. They will, no doubt, have an idea about something which you may have never thought of before, and it could quite possibly change how you see something. Things that never used to bother you could start making you so angry you could punch something, whereas something you used to be so passionate about can become something you really don’t care about anymore. As you change, the people you get along with might no longer be people you want to be around anymore and vice versa. You’ll drift from those you once thought would be in your life forever and find a new group of people which you claim will be in your life forever.

Life can be a very difficult game to play and it has its own effects on us. Your heart will be broken by so many different things. By friends, family, lovers. It’s no wonder that the older we get, the tougher we become. Because life gives us no options to change and harden ourselves against the hardships. Your heart can break so many times from so many different reasons. But there can be good change as well, you can meet someone who reminds you that there’s good in the world and who will actually give you a reason to smile. They might add a bit of sunshine to that darkness that you can feel trapped in and change how you function yet again.

Change is something that happens constantly. Every day, every hour, things and people are changing. It’s like the cycle of the seasons, you’re never going to escape it and yet it’s something that so many people try to avoid. You hear people say it all the time, “I hate change. Can’t things just stay the same?” The answer to that question is, of course, no. Embrace change, nothing will ever stay the same, and that’s okay.