Life Is Bittersweet
“Life is bittersweet. It is bittersweet because nothing stays the same forever on earth. Anytime an experience or relationship is going great, we want it to never end. But even if we try, we cannot keep change from happening. Everything changes with time.
I’ll never forget when I moved off to college, feeling the loss both my parents and I felt, yet knowing I couldn’t live at home forever. It was bittersweet. I’ll never forget officiating at my daughter Amy’s wedding, knowing that her allegiance to me as 'the man in her life' was now transferring to her husband. It was good thing, and the right thing to do, but it was bittersweet. I’ll never forget when Glen Kreun told me it was time for someone else to take his place of leadership after serving faithfully by my side for decades. That was bittersweet, too.
While all of us want to grow, we don’t like the ‘letting go of the familiar’ part of growth. But the truth is, there is no growth without change, there is no change without loss, and there is no loss without pain and grief. That’s what makes life bittersweet.”
~ Rick Warren
