Time is like an ocean, sometimes rushing and crashing forward and sometimes rolling gently on, but always moving. Nothing in our lives is stationary for it is all a part of this constant flux. Some are more steady and do not so much change as shift and grow. This is how relationships are, with family, friends, associates, everybody you meet, some last forever and you spend a lifetime deepening them and others fade out. Certain people can be a huge part in your life, but then times change, you move or graduate from school or change jobs and some of those people are gone. You're left with the memories and the impressons.
This is what allows us to mature and enrich ourselves: new experiences, new people, new knowledge. We move through this life and use everything that we've encountered to make each new decision we come across. We have countless opurtunities to shape our lives and the world around us.
But time brings change and all progress has a cost. There are tradeoffs and sacrifices that accompany every choice we make and so with every gain there is a tiny, lingering sense of loss. There are, however, certain beliefs, values and ideas that I will not let change, certain people I will not lose. I've been told that this is part of being young and an idealist and as I grow older these passions will turn into a deeper but more detatched love and my dreams to change the world will shrink in scale. Well I don't know if I believe that's true, but even if it is at the root of who I am will still be the same ideals. There are certian absolutes in this ever shifting world which should never be compromised.
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