We’ve all heard that saying: ‘nothing lasts forever’. And many of us spend our lives coming to grips with that. Look at the typical child. They will get so involved in the enjoyment of a visit to a friend’s house that others can’t help but smile from watching.

Until it is time to leave. Then watch how that smile disappears. They will plead to stay. Tears flow when the parents say no. Tantrums might even follow if the visit was especially good. Even if the next stop is the circus, the child can only see how much fun they are having now and won’t allow for change even if the circus will be even better.

They will want that situation to last forever. That applies to everyone. Change will never change. It is always with us. What we do with it determines if our lives are ever-revitalised or a frustrating misery. Embrace change and look forward to learning new skills, spotting exciting new opportunities and enjoy the competition.

Resist change and we will spend our lives in a frustrating, losing battle. You can either stubbornly refuse the change or identify the change and use its power to serve the best interests of all. Change occurs in our bodies. It occurs in relationships. It occurs in our occupations. It occurs in our communities. Everything in life has its season.

Change is not good or bad, it’s purely change. Horses used to be the entire country’s mode of transportation at some point. Yet cars wiped out that industry. Horse dealers might have seen the change as bad. But they too got to enjoy easier travel by car and eventually that was recognised as good. Embrace change and it will seem good. Resist change and it will seem bad. As in everything else, how we look at it, determines other factors And until we come to grips with that, the results we see will never change.