Changing Your Mind About Change

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”

I remember hearing these words as a freshman in college one evening while I was studying in rural Wisconsin. Truth be told, it was closing time in a bar, but don’t tell my parents. The words are lyrics from the band Semisonic’s song “Closing Time,” but the song isn’t about closing down the bar; rather, it is about change.

Almost 25 years have passed since then, but I still find myself referring to this simple phrase.