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“To change is to live, to live is to change, and not to change is to die.” — Tennessee Williams
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Even in the darkest of times we can find inspiration to continue looking up.
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What story are you telling yourself in your meaningful moments of transformation?
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 A mere “oops” and a playful laugh is not what you might expect when damaging a brand new vehicle, but that’s just how Dave is—as long as I’ve known him, he has never wished for a fig in winter.
 I composed a final letter to say goodbye, dropped it in the mail, and then deleted all traces of the old and dear friend from my life. Even if I wanted to connect, it had become an unlikely task. After deleting their contact information from my phone and disconnecting from their social media accounts, trying to reach out would be a challenge. And that was just how it needed to be, for all efforts to reconcile had been rebuffed and attempts to do so only did more harm than good. It’s said that a calm sea never made a skilled sailor, but using the metaphor for this friendship found our ship unworthy of weathering the storm and it had become time to abandon ship and go our separate ways.  “I've taken you as far as I can, Jeremy. There is nothing more I can teach you.” It was a bittersweet moment. Bitter, because I knew we had reached the end of the road. And sweet, because that had been the goal all the while.  “Work for a cause David, not for applause. Remember to live your life to express, not to impress; don’t strive to make your presence noticed, just make your absence felt.” I’ve never read Sonny Bloch’s and Grace Lichtenstein’s book Inside Real Estate, so I don’t know who this David is they reference—but I suspect the advice would have also been helpful at the communist party conference in Moscow. 
“Happiness is not a goal…it’s the byproduct of a life well lived.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
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 The Infinite Monkey Theorem suggests that any event with a probability more than zero can happen at some point, if given enough time. But as the physicist Max Tegmark reminds us, “really freak events happen only exponentially rarely.” This was one of those exponentially rare moments.  “See you tonight!” Mr. Fuller said with a smile as he passed by in the foyer. “No, I won’t be there,” I replied, without a tinge of regret. After all, FOMO (fear of missing out) hadn’t been invented yet. Neither had Facebook, Instagram, nor TikTok. Heck, even MySpace wasn’t yet a thing. 
“Not in his goals but in his transitions man is great.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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JONAS CAIN, M.Ed.
AuthorJonas Cain, M.Ed. is a storyteller, magician, musician, and facilitator of fascination on a mission to help you experience abiding joy. 
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