The sentence feels simple at first. Almost obvious. Of course everything changes. We see it in seasons, in markets, in our bodies, in our relationships, in the rise and fall of industries. But the real weight of the statement is not in the first half. It is in the second. Including this.

Not just the world out there. Not just other people. Not just circumstances. This moment. This problem. This success. This fear. This belief. This identity. This body. This thought. Even this sentence you are reading will pass.

We live as if stability is the default and change is the interruption. In reality, change is the default and stability is the brief illusion. The human mind clings to continuity because it feels safe. We build routines, habits, reputations, and identities as anchors in a moving current. But the current never stops.

Your body is changing right now. Cells are dying and being replaced. Hormones fluctuate. Neural pathways strengthen or weaken based on what you repeat. Your beliefs are adjusting subtly with every new piece of information. Your emotional state shifts hour by hour. Even the way you interpret your own past is being rewritten by the present.

Zoom out further. Economies rise and fall. Industries dominate and then disappear. Technology reshapes communication, attention, even the structure of thought itself. Entire civilizations once believed to be permanent now exist only as ruins and textbooks.

And still, in daily life, we act shocked when something shifts.

The job changes.
The relationship changes.
The body changes.
The motivation changes.
The excitement fades.
The pain eases.
The certainty dissolves.

Everything changes, including this.

This realization can be terrifying or liberating.

It is terrifying if you are trying to freeze a moment. If you are clinging to comfort, to status, to youth, to control. If you are trying to make something permanent that was never designed to be. The tighter you grip, the more anxious you become, because deep down you know you are resisting the nature of reality itself.

But it is liberating if you are stuck in something painful. If you are overwhelmed. If you feel trapped in a version of yourself you no longer want to be. If you are carrying regret, shame, or failure like a permanent mark.

Everything changes, including this.

The bad season will not last.
The awkward phase will not last.
The loneliness will not last.
The doubt will not last.
Even your current frustration reading these words will not last.

Impermanence is not a threat. It is a guarantee of possibility.

If nothing changed, growth would be impossible. You would be locked forever in your worst decision. Your first mistake would define you permanently. Your lowest energy day would be your permanent capacity. Without change, there is no improvement. There is no recovery. There is no reinvention.

At the same time, impermanence humbles you. The peak does not last either. The win fades. The applause quiets. The physique softens. The edge dulls if it is not maintained. The company that dominates today can be irrelevant tomorrow. The skill that feels rare can become common.

Everything changes, including this.

So what do you do with that?

You stop trying to build permanence. You start building adaptability.

Instead of anchoring your identity to outcomes, you anchor it to principles. Instead of defining yourself by current conditions, you define yourself by how you respond to change. Instead of asking how to keep this moment forever, you ask how to move with the next one.

There is a quiet strength in accepting that nothing stays.

You appreciate good moments more deeply because you know they are temporary. You endure hard moments more calmly because you know they are temporary. You invest in skills instead of status. You invest in character instead of image. You invest in systems instead of bursts of motivation.

Even this mindset will evolve.

You may read this today and feel clear. A year from now, your understanding of change will be deeper. Ten years from now, your interpretation will shift again. The ideas that feel profound now may feel basic later. Or they may feel naive. Or they may feel foundational.

Everything changes, including this.

The sentence is not just philosophical. It is practical.

When you are angry, remember it.
When you are proud, remember it.
When you are bored, remember it.
When you are grieving, remember it.
When you are winning, remember it.

Nothing is frozen. Not your circumstances. Not your emotions. Not your trajectory.

The river keeps moving whether you resist or not. The only real choice is whether you fight the current or learn to swim with it.

And even your resistance will change.

One day you will look back at who you are now and realize that version of you was temporary. Just like every version before. Just like every version to come.

Everything changes, including this.