the only thing you can count on is that things will change

I like the analogy of a small town going through growing pains. Some changes are easier to take then others - my home town went from having the entire school system enclosed in one building to five sepearate schools, now has several malls, mini-malls etc - when I grew up with the little mom and pop grocery store, smaller then most gas station mini-marts. But the killer change - which knocked me for a loop - was the second pair of stop lights installed last fall.