I know of no philosopher or
anyone for that matter who
appeared to understand and
totally support the concept of
‘change’ as Heraclitus of Ephesus
(530 – 470BC) did.

His life infact bore testimony to
that fact. Having been born into
a wealthy family, Heraclitus
renounced all of that for a
solitary life away from men and
the comfort of life. You could say
he brought on himself his own
change, but don’t we all in one
way or the other, overtly or
covertly?

In one of Heraclitus’ eternal
words he stated in the greek
that,

”Potamoisi toisin autoisin
embainousin, hetera kai hetera
hudata epirrei.’' which roughly translates in the English to mean:

'‘No man ever steps in the same
river twice, for it’s not the same
river and he’s not the same
man.’'

Or infact simply means
‘Everything Flows’, or as he
observed, that ‘Nature is in a
state of constant flux.

He asserts that ‘it is in changing
that we find purpose’, as we
obviously see with his life. I
doubt we’d be talking about him
today if he’d continued the
family business to multiply the
wealth or just laid back to enjoy
it all.

It’s the lack of understanding of
this simple fact of life that draws
many to frustration, enough to
desire to put an end to their life.

We will and should be frustrated
about changes in our lives,
especially those beyond our
control, but such frustrations
should lead us to either adapt to
them (when they are inevitable
and irreversible) or work to
reverse or make the best of
them.

‘kovich