Change

 

Everything Changes

by

Matthew T. Lipson

Aside 1.3 : Change

"You don't like change?  Do you?" she asked in a voice tinged charmingly with an Italian accent.

The ice rink had just closed for the night, and everyone was tired and ready to go home.  "No, I don't," I responded quickly  An automatic, almost automated, conclusion to multiple years of having to absorb and move with the flow of drastic even catastrophic change.  At the time of the question, I had just gone through a divorce, been laid off from a job I had held for twelve years, and, most recently, been evicted from my first home post divorce.  Now I was working in an ice rink for close to minimum wage and living in the San Francisco Bay Area.   A deep need to be static just for a short period to take a breath infused my psyche.  I wanted to supply her with this context but would have no opportunity to do so.  Change may be constant, but we are only human.  I was ready for some positive change, yes.  Yet, change in general had no allure for me.  I am resilient.  I roll well with the punches.  That doesn't mean I have to like it.