Seneca: The foundations of new cities are laid, new…

Change on a massive scale can make personal change feel less like a personal punishment. Cities rise and disappear, communities merge, careers evolve, and families relocate. What we call exile or disruption is, in one sense, part of the ordinary movement of human life. This perspective does not erase the sadness of being forced from a home, losing a job, or becoming a stranger in a new place. But it can soften the belief that something uniquely unnatural has happened to us. The world has always been in motion. Our task is to carry what matters through it: our values, our capacity for friendship, our willingness to learn, our ability to make a home where we are. When change comes, grieve what deserves grieving. Then look for the next foothold. Today, if you are in transition, resist calling yourself permanently uprooted. You are a person in a changing world, capable of creating continuity through the choices you make.