As we grow older we begin to realize that life is - for lack of a better expression - fun! Looking at the bigger picture, life is actually fun. Life is ever changing. Some aspects of our lives change over long periods of time, and others happen rapidly. You can never be certain of these changes, but what we can be sure of is the idea of our lives never remaining the same. Don't get me wrong! What I would give to be able to go back to a moment in time 10 years ago when I was first learning to ride my favorite horse that my family owned. What I would give to go back to the day we first galloped down that 3 mile easement together...that was my first true rush of "horse induced" adrenaline. If I had a choice, that would have been my Heaven on earth. I grew up with that horse, I moved to different homes with that horse; that horse and I had so many wonderful experiences and adventures together. I took care of that horse in her old age...and eventually I buried that horse when the cancer took her away from us. That horse watched my life evolve...she was the constant from the time when I wore diapers all the way through high school and into the beginning of college. My husband, who at the time was just my boyfriend, had the chance to meet her.
My point is this- life is supposed to change. People are supposed to come and go - no matter how painful it may be - and we as human beings are supposed to change. Religion aside, as human beings we thrive when we are given the chance to change and adapt. It would be nice to re-live those "Heavenly" moments in time, but part of what makes those moments so special, part of what makes them important to our identity is that they are fleeting. Those moments were meant to remain a photo within our memories, not an every day experience. Appreciate those memories and think of them often for what they were; those memories had a role to play in the evolution of who you are. Appreciate the new chapters that arrive and look forward to the new chapters that have yet to come.
