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What does it mean?
Change is inevitable and a static world would be sad.
In plain terms
Do not cry over change because a fixed world is worse.
What can you take from it?
Accept change as a natural good.

Where it applies

  • life transitions
  • grief
  • adaptation

Putting it to work

  • embrace new phases
  • accept loss
  • adapt to shifts

Questions to consider

  • What do you fear losing?
  • Is change always good?

Another view

Some changes are purely destructive and unwelcome.

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