Life has a way of reminding us that nothing stays still for long. Feelings shift, people drift in and out, and the situations we swear are permanent somehow soften, crack, or dissolve into something new. It’s easy to forget that when you’re in the thick of it—when a tough moment feels endless or when a good season feels like it should last forever. But the truth is simpler, and oddly comforting: everything we’re living right now is borrowed. Every joy. Every frustration. Every chapter.
You’ve probably had days where you felt stuck, like life pressed pause while everyone else kept moving. Maybe it was a job that drained you, a relationship that confused you, or a stretch of uncertainty that made you question if anything would ever shift again. But if you look back with an honest eye, you’ll notice you’ve survived every one of those moments. They didn’t last. They changed, sometimes slowly, sometimes overnight, but they changed. And you changed with them.
The same goes for the sweeter days—the ones that feel effortless, the ones you wish you could bottle. A child’s laugh, a peaceful morning, a season where you genuinely feel like you’re in the right place at the right time. These don’t stay forever either, and that’s why they’re precious. Not because they’re rare, but because they’re temporary. They’re meant to be noticed, savored, lived fully before life spins again.
The trick is learning to sit calmly in the middle of all this motion. To understand that the hard moments don’t define you and the joyful ones don’t owe you permanence. When you accept that life is constantly reshaping itself, you stop clinging so desperately to what’s slipping and you stop fearing what’s coming. You start trusting that you can handle the changes, even the ones you didn’t choose.
So if you’re weighed down right now, breathe. You’re not stuck. You’re simply in a moment that won’t last forever. And if you’re in a beautiful season, breathe that in too. Let it soak into your memory. Let it remind you that life will hand you more of these—different shapes, different colors, but just as warm.
Everything moves. Everything shifts. Everything evolves. That’s not something to fear; that’s the quiet rhythm that keeps us growing. And when you learn to move with it instead of fighting against it, life becomes a little gentler, a little lighter, and a lot more honest.
Kenrick Vaz 