Thank you for joining us for our 7 day a week, 7 minutes of wisdom podcast. This is Day 57 of our Trek, and as we consume the daily nuggets of wisdom, we need to realize that as a wise person that everything in life is changing. We need to be able to accept and manage change proactively and not try to stop life from changing, for that is impossible. Instead, let us embrace and then guide the changes in our lives so that it will allow us to leave a living legacy each day. Today we will look at why change is the only real constant in our lives.
We are recording our podcast from our studio at The Big House in Marietta, Ohio. Today Paula and I drove about an hour north to Cambridge, Ohio, to go to church and have dinner with my dad. We try to get up to see him at least every other month. It is a blessing to share the time worshipping with and visiting Dad. He continues to provide good and godly council to our lives. We are always grateful that we have a strong heritage in our family, which we can trace back many generations. I realize that not everyone has had these blessings.
So let’s move on up the trail as we venture out today. As we trek through each day, we need to understand that we will never be in this exact same situation with these conditions. We need to make the most of every moment and never lose this opportunity.
As the Quaker Missionary Etienne de Grellet put it, “I shall pass this way but once; any good that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being; let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” These are certainly some powerful thoughts to ponder as we start today.
“Change is the only constant in life” is a quote that is attributed to pre-Socractic Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus around 500bc. The same philosopher illustrated the point about change being ever present by saying “No man ever steps into the same river twice.” An ever flowing river is there and even has a name, yet the water in...
