Roughly 3 thousand years ago, the Greek philosopher Heraclitus lived in Ephesus, across the Aegean Sea from Athens. He was perceived as crabby and antisocial, but is known to have written an influential book, detailing his opinions. The book has disappeared, and all We know today is from other philosophers, quoting him.

His most known thought involved Change, as the one constant affecting all of existence. Whatever today has been about, he said that tomorrow would not be the same. He was not saying matters improved, just that matters morphed. Like it or not, that was Heraclitus’ conclusion.

He is remembered for likening the flow of life to a stream; water moved along, so wherever one was wading, that specific water would be long gone when the wader came back. Whatever it looked like meant nothing. New moment, new conditions apply, endlessly. As in, Forever.

Chewing this over, it is hard to argue his conclusion. Heraclitus, not so jolly, but irrefutable.