Change--intentional, directed change--moves as fast as you want it to. And if you choose to resist, to hold yourself back, don't fool yourself into thinking you're standing still. Life is a current. Resistance is retrograde motion by default. The end result is always broken pieces.
Sometimes, though, you have to break first in order to heal.
Artist. Draws stuff. Paints stuff. Feels brilliant, then has attacks of angst and woe. Combats these periods with gin and tonics. Has two dogs and way too damn many books. Has escaped the sticky embrace of SoCal for the sopping-wet hug of his beloved Northwest.