فصل 17

chapter-17 Unseen currents

Michael Vey at Christmas Ranch

My life has taught me that nothing in this world stays the same. Nothing. Not me. Not even you. The sooner you accept this, the sooner you can figure out how to live your life. Maybe even enjoy it.

Two things I know about change. First, sometimes it seems like we’re just bobbing up and down in the ocean trying to keep our heads above water, when really we are being moved along by unseen currents, imperceptibly being dragged to some distant shore.

Second, it pretty much always hurts.

I keep reminding myself of this, because while the world we live in is changing, so are our hearts and minds. Things that are important now won’t be important later. And things that aren’t important now will be super-important later. It’s true for everyone. You start out thinking you’re going to be some kind of person and that life is laid out and as predictable as a video game. Then you realize that the rules have changed. There are characters in your game you didn’t plan on. There are things you have to do that you never wanted to do. And sometimes the purpose of the game seems to change. I suppose it’s like that for everyone. Everyone must come to the realization that the life they have and the life they thought they’d have aren’t ever the same thing. And then the question is, what are they going to do about it?

I suppose that’s what Hatch and the Elgen are about. Change. Evolution. Or de-evolution. Oh, I guess there’s one more thing I know about change. Not everything changes for the better.