Things don’t change; we change.
—Henry David Thoreau
Even Duo knows better than that.
After I read that quote by Thoreau I was amused to read this in Duolingo,
Normalmente, las personas y los lugares cambian con el tiempo. Nada permanece igual.
Translation:
Normally, people and places change over time. Nothing stays the same.
Isn’t that the truth! And the changes seem to be coming faster and faster.
April 20, 2024
That translation is so true and sometimes change is good, sometimes it is not.
I know. All we can do is take advantage of the changes we like and do our best with the others.
I totally agree, time is racing!! Isn’t it funny how time seems to go faster and faster the older we get. There is actually a scientific reason for this! I read it years ago. But of course I now forget what it is, due to time racing…
Yes. 🙂
I am doing Duolingo now too and I translated the above correctly before I looked at your answer!!!
That’s great! I imagine it’s even more fun for you because of the time you lived in Mexico.
I’ve found resisting change is pointless (and not a little painful). Better I tighten my seatbelt and embrace the ride.
Yes. 🙂
Change is inevitable, and in so many ways. How many times a day have I said, remember when we could do it this way and now we have THIS. Some change is good and some I wish never happened.
All we can do is enjoy the changes we like and deal with the others. At least we’re not like this fellow:
I know change happens to us and around us…some good, some bad. And there are positive things and negative things to most of them
Yes.
I agree with the second quote. Change is inevitable. Sometimes good, sometimes bad. You just have to learn to go with the flow.
No sense fighting reality, just do the best we can and appreciate the things we love.
I am agin them all too. I wonder what he was thinking when he said things don’t change. everything changes, even inanimate objects, they rot, dry out, rust etc… and the one in Spanish I can say amen to that
Mostly Thoreau was more sensible than that. 🙂
True, things are changing too quickly.
Yes!