You Can't Go Home Again
Have you ever had a point in your life where you realize that everything that you know is irrevocably changed? That no matter how much you might wish it otherwise, things HAVE changed and what you know and experience moving forward will be different from what has already transpired?
I don't think I have had many of those moments in my life. Of course, every day is technically just such a point but the changes are minute and barely noticed. Rather, it's that last mournful look as you move out of a familiar house or apartment. You will never live there again. Or a final glance at an old, yet comfortable car on the lot as you drive away in the new one.
Today was such a moment for me, as two friends packed away their personal items and left the office for the last time. They were let go a few days ago but their desks still contained personal affects like pictures, name plates, and coffee mugs. It wasn't "real" on Thursday or Friday. Today, it was. And I knew in finality that coming into the office would never be what it was.
They face challenges and adventures. Of course, I wish nothing but the best for all of my friends who were recently let go. I sometimes feel like I shouldn't be so upset for myself. After all, I still have a job. That makes me selfish but not unfeeling.
So moving forward, everyone will adjust to the change and eventually settle into a new form of normalcy. The pain of the past will fade and the fonder memories will bubble to the surface. The old axiom of "stop and smell the roses" is absolutely true. Because what you know and love today could be gone, or at least different tomorrow.
I don't think I have had many of those moments in my life. Of course, every day is technically just such a point but the changes are minute and barely noticed. Rather, it's that last mournful look as you move out of a familiar house or apartment. You will never live there again. Or a final glance at an old, yet comfortable car on the lot as you drive away in the new one.
Today was such a moment for me, as two friends packed away their personal items and left the office for the last time. They were let go a few days ago but their desks still contained personal affects like pictures, name plates, and coffee mugs. It wasn't "real" on Thursday or Friday. Today, it was. And I knew in finality that coming into the office would never be what it was.
They face challenges and adventures. Of course, I wish nothing but the best for all of my friends who were recently let go. I sometimes feel like I shouldn't be so upset for myself. After all, I still have a job. That makes me selfish but not unfeeling.
So moving forward, everyone will adjust to the change and eventually settle into a new form of normalcy. The pain of the past will fade and the fonder memories will bubble to the surface. The old axiom of "stop and smell the roses" is absolutely true. Because what you know and love today could be gone, or at least different tomorrow.
posted by Mkae at
4:20 PM
1 Comments:
Paradigm shift. "A particular way in which a person views the world; his or her reality." After all, there is no real reality, there's only the one in your head. Disconcerting to realize that it is therefore subjective and mutable.
Hmm. Must be the haircut. Have to check with Cha'dich.
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Shocho, at 9:40 PM
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