My mother used to say
No one river is the same river twice
That’s true for people too
Like it or not, we change
The people we used to be, they’re gone
Somewhere downstream
We change in ways we never saw coming
Passing friendship stop to catch our gaze, and suddenly, who knew?
Children, once so small, become adults too large
And parents, once giants, see us eye-to-eye
We’re made wiser by age, and younger by the company of youth
And even if we want to stay put, that river keeps us moving to new challenges, new adventures, new versions of us
Who we are today isn’t who we were yesterday or who we have to be tomorrow
And so i choose to learn, to grow, to stay strong and push through
To love and dream and hope and live
So that everyday I get to meet the best person of me yet
