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Sunday, July 12, 2009

Real quick

First off I want to thank my family for the wonderful care package. There are somethings in the states they don't have here, and I am well stocked up now. Thank you so much for the love! ^_^
So, I meant to comment on this before as I discussed it with someone a while ago, but I want to say something about the concept of "life moves on." The concern was posited about how cold it was that life moves on when one leaves a place, group, or the living realm. No matter how popular or hated and individual may be, life does in fact move on after that person makes their exit. Does that seem sad and hopeless? If you want it to be; but there is something else to keep in mind.

If one makes some sort of exit, they leave with having changed the people and place they were involved with; even if in the smallest way. Even though life moves on when one makes their departure, they are not forgotten necessarily. Take myself for example. When I left In N Out, it did not shut down and my friends did not quit out of respect for my memory. Life went on as usual and I am certain that the store will be a completely different place the next time I see it again. This could be sad in the sense that I go back and things look like I was never there, but what I choose to dwell on is the fact that even though they are moving on with their lives, my friends/coworkers remember me and have shown it. I do matter and did make some sort of difference and am confident in that.

If you face this consideration when you think about the past or feel like you didn't make an impression on those or the place around. Think about who remembers you or what is different and will never be the same at that place left behind because of you. Life may have gone on there, but you have set life to take a different direction than before. Feel comforted by that. Life will always go on and on and on, but if you change its course in the slightest way, it will never forget you.

1 comment:

Vickie said...

Wes,
I'm enjoying your blog. Thank you for sharing. Your comments about "life goes on" touched my heart. Thank you for your words, they meant a lot to me even though they were not spoken directly to me.
Thinking of you!
Mrs. Fleming