Amy Cummins

Whether it’s graduating from college, navigating a breakup, moving cities, receiving an unwanted diagnosis, entering motherhood, etc., there are countless seasons of change we’re bound to go through during our time on earth. No matter how big or small, how exciting or dreaded, these transitions can alter the entire experience of our existence – for better or worse. When we think of change, we often think in terms of one door closing and another door opening.

Whether we wish we could serve the poor and alleviate suffering like Mother Teresa or pioneer critical scientific research like Marie Curie, we all dream of doing beautiful, world-changing things with our lives. Yet, no matter how much we might long to follow in the footsteps of such women, who in fact believes themselves capable of that kind of greatness? Perhaps we can imagine ourselves doing so in the future — when we are “older and wiser” — but in our present, imperfect condition? Hardly.