Photo of Hurricane Ike (at left)
Below are various quotations on change. Everything seems to be changing very rapidly and I am not sure that the average human being has any real handle on all the change that is around us today. Of course my concern is that in the midst of such turbulence we would have a haven, a place of security and mooring, somewhere to anchor us. Only one source that I know of, God.
His Word and His Spirit will faithfully guide us. He is our eye in the storm. Remember now, the disciples had to wake Him as He was sleeping through their storm. That's how much peace He can bring. He is the Prince of Peace! Pastor P
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987), The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
Harrison Ford (1942 - ), quoted by Garry Jenkins in 'Harrison Ford: Imperfect Hero'
Nothing endures but change.
Heraclitus (540 BC - 480 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not.
James Gordon, M.D.
Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better.
King Whitney Jr.
We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves.
Lynn Hall, Where Have All the Tigers Gone?, 1989
The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 AD - 180 AD), Meditations
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.
Martha Beck, O Magazine, Growing Wings, January 2004
The more things change, the more they remain... insane.
Michael Fry and T. Lewis, Over the Hedge, 05-09-04
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
Nelson Mandela (1918 - ), 'A Long Walk to Freedom'
Turbulence is life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change.
Ramsay Clark
This isn't good or bad. It's just the way of things. Nothing stays the same.
Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, January 03, 2004
Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we're still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. If change is of the essence of existence one would have thought it only sensible to make it the premise of our philosophy.
W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943
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