Looking forward

Soon my life will be returning to normal. Well, whatever normal will be for the next four months- new apartment, new job, classes, ward, friends etc. I only make myself say normal because I am slightly terrified of the changes, as I usually am when change comes. For me, change is normal. I haven't spent too much time in one spot ever. I haven't had the same group of friends for more than a couple of years, ever. Although change scares me, it is normal because I am change. My entire life is change.

A long time ago a couple of friends were talking, and one was feeling quite hopeless about some mistakes that he had made. A piece of advice was offered- Everybody makes mistakes, and everybody changes. But it is how you change because of and through your mistakes that makes you into not only who you are, but who you are going to become.

I have, admittedly, made some mistakes in my life. Who hasn't? But I know that despite these mistakes, failings, flaws, etc. I can change and be not who I am today, not who others may think I am, but who I can become.

So with this, I remind myself that this new year may bring change, but it also brings a chance for me to expand, grow, learn, and become.