The Change Song
Tune: These Boots are Made for Walking
(by Nancy Sinatra)
Heracleitus said these words quite early:
You can’t step in that same river twice!
Change is all that’s constant, know it surely --
That’s what gives our life its extra spice!
Mutatis mutandis!
Is where it’s at, that’s true!
And every single day those changes wash up over you!
Whitehead said each moment we’re evolving –
We’re not the gal or fella’ that we were;
Life is just a problem for the solving,
And that is all that we can know for sure!
Mutatis mutandis!
Just try not to stew!
You can master change, it doesn’t have to master you!
The path you’re treading may seem harsh and cruel,
Hard luck striking like an ugly toad,
But strife and evil may conceal a jewel,
Hidden in the dust along life’s road –
Mutatis mutandis,
Cheer up, don’t be blue!
Adversity has sweet uses; if you look you’ll see that’s true!
So when those changes roll into your station,
Hop aboard and ride for all you’re worth,
You may not know the final destination,
But what a way to travel on this earth!
Mutatis mutandis!
No matter what you do!
You can’t fight it, learn to love it, let it work for you!
© Joan Levin 2000
