With Darkness Comes Heartache

Change is defined as: making the form, nature, content, future course, etc. of (something) different from what it is or from what it would have been if left alone.

Many of us deal with change is a variety of different ways.  It affects some more than others, and even yet, others much more than others. To certain individuals change can often come as somewhat of a miracle; offering a new start and more insightful outlook on life.  But to the remaining the concept of change seems to lurk in the shadows close-by everywhere they go, appearing as a constant reminder of how things are different.  Needless to say, some individuals can adequately adapt to a sudden change in environment or atmosphere, others have a bit of a certain difficulty accepting the fact that how things used to be just don't line up with how they are now.  Leaving them to dwell on the heart dampening question...Just where did the time go???  And still others find themselves struggling to even make it thru the day to day motions with such a big void that used to be filled.  I have had a first hand look at change and the effect it can have on one's life.  But never before have i experienced such a gut-wrenching pain caused by nothing other than, yes, you guess it....change...that infiltrates the ventricles of my heart at this moment.  And to think a hit by a dieseled-up linebacker in the first round of the play-offs that left me "playing golf?!?!" on the sidelines for the remained 3 minutes of the game would be the hardest hit I took to the body. Well needless to say my friend Pace and I are currently over 800 miles away from each other.  We have not seen each other in over 60 days...you do the math, that is 2 months. Champaign is far from Chapel Hill....i miss my friend...