Shownotes Transcript
As we have stated many times, change is the only constant. Something that is hard to come to terms with especially as humans we fear it so much. Our environments change, and our relationships change, but the one thing more than ever to remember is that we as individuals change. Today, we discuss a Stoic saying from a famous philosopher Heraclitus. He said, “No man ever steps into the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not the same man.”
This saying begins to get at a natural phenomenon about time, space and the way we view the flow of the two. While we often long for normalcy and static fearing change in any way we must begin to understand that it is in reality the most natural thing. We are not who we were yesterday and neither is the world around us. Rather than tearing down our sense of identity, this phenomenon of change and flux gives us an insight into the way that change truly inspires our identity.
Our constant change reveals that we are in our most natural state when we are in constant motion, like the cells in our body, or the sun rising and setting differently, and finally like the river flowing constantly. Begin to think about the way that we can more aptly accept change, and begin to take advantage of the peace that it can bring.