growth.

"The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And, the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself."
C. Joybell C.

"Sometimes," Jem said, "our lives change so fast that the change outpaces our minds and hearts.  It's those times, I think, when our lives have altered, but we still long for the time before everything was altered - that is when we feel the greatest pain.  I can tell you, though, from experience, you grow accustomed to it. You learn to live your new life, and you can't imagine, or even really remember, how things were before."  Cassandra Clare

“Just because I liked something at one point in time doesn’t mean I’ll always like it, or that I have to go on liking it at all points in time as an unthinking act of loyalty to who I am as a person, based solely on who I was as a person. To be loyal to myself is to allow myself to grow and change, and challenge who I am and what I think. The only thing I am for sure is unsure, and this means I’m growing, and not stagnant or shrinking. ”  Jarod Kintz