Do People Change? PART II

I’ve been told that change is the only constant in life. So when the question is asked, do people change? I must answer yes.

You see, my sleepless night came long before yours. I thought about your words and more specifically I remembered being in your place. I empathized with you to the point that I layed in my bed staring at the ceiling fan in my bedroom and I don’t even have a ceiling fan.

But it hit me, the reason I could relate was because I too have wanted to know why I continued to set myself up to be “emotionally exhausted.” But the answer I realized was found in your question.

I continued to be “emotionally exhausted” by people who had changed. See, I wanted so badly for them, for him, to stay the same that when the changes occurred, I wasn’t prepared. And by the time the change had taken its toll, yes, I was exhausted. I was exhausted at trying to stop what I know is a natural occurrence.

It’s hard to accept changes in the people we want so desperately to stay the same. Everything must change, nothing stays the same.

- submitted by Arnethia