It goes without saying — but I'll say it anyway — between the election and the economy, it seems a wave of change is building. Stability, in any form, is increasingly hard to come by. When faced with change, whether big or small, I find it is easy to panic. It can be hard for me to remember that the only way we ever grow, is to first change. An age-old truth, maybe best stated by Marcus Aurelius: "Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be." We are built for change. We never stop growing.I'm grateful that I have had, and continue to have, people in my life that challenge me. People with different, sometimes starkly contrasting, views and opinions. People who make me look twice and think harder. People who can be as logical as I can be irrational, as reticent as I am demonstrative, as flexible as I am obstinate, as serene as I am excitable, as extroverted as I am introverted and as patient as I am, well, not always. These people — some loved, some unloved, but all deeply appreciated — have helped me grow.
"When you're finished changing, you're finished." -Ben Franklin
[Photo props to coworkers: Laura, illustrator/designer & David, photographer. Featured hands: yours truly, two-time hand model for various projects]
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