To Change is to Live.

Location

Change
Is
So nat-
-ural. How
Can we say that Change
Is strange or even deranged when
Our whole being consists of making transitions here.

The
Days
Grow both
Long and short
As the months pass by.
The weather is hot and cold and hot
Again. But we refuse to adjust our lives on the fly.

Look
And
Notice
How those men
Searching for nothing
But stability gain nothing
in the end. Why hide from the tide when you know how to swim.

It’s
Time
That Man
Looks around
And takes advantage
Of all the bounty around him.
Move to Japan, try new food, live your life on the edge.

Don’t
Laugh
At me
When I leave
Home just because I
Can. I will be the stronger man
because of it. I know that I need that sense of Change.

You
Don’t
Agree?
Fine, take your
time and Wait for the
same old to get old. So please,
Don’t read this twice for the sake of dwelling in the past.

So
I
Guess that
Even though
I would love to Change
Many things, perhaps the thing I
would like to Change the most is how people live their lives.

Move
Out.
Travel.
Look about
And enjoy what’s there.
Embrace Change and seek it to make
Yourself stronger, and perhaps still happier as well.

It
Worked
For Me.
 

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