One Year and a Coffee Cup Later

"If you don't create change, change will create you."
-Unknown

This morning I went to Starbucks with my friend only to discover ground-shaking news. Starbucks has officially released its new logo. An artsy looking women with thick, black-framed glasses called my name in the crowded room. I walked over to get my tall, decaf, Cinnamon-dulce latte and there it was, right in front of my very own eyes. Now if you ask me, the logo has simplified in meaning. By demolishing the actual title of the company on the cup, the symbol (the mermaid) could represent anything. Which got me thinking, has Starbucks lost all its entity? While I pondered such pandemonium I remembered that regardless of the visual circumstance one thing will always remain the same: its coffee. Therefore I believe that change is inevitable; change transpires. It is truly every second of every day. And lastly, change is life.

Believe it or not, it has been over a year since I have had my blog. This very notion has just occurred to me today, which led me to reread the first blog post I have ever written. While reading it, I had discovered a tremendous revelation, like an epiphany, there it was: my words, my thoughts, my everything at that period of my life. Like a flashlight, my words, my thoughts, and everything had shone right in front of my very eyes. Like a flashlight, it was clear just how much as changed, just how much I have changed.

So in comparision to my rant towards the new Starbucks logo, I believe it comes down to this. Whether I find it appealing or not, Starbucks will always and continue to renovate over time. While appealing or not, I will always and continue to grow over time. However, no renovation will ever affect the key essential to Starbucks, the heart of the company: their coffee. With this said, no personal renovation, nothing that may come and go in my life, will ever affect the key essential, the heart of it all: myself. Therefore I believe that change is inevitable; change transpires. It is truly every second of every day. And lastly, change is life.

PS-My prolonged discussion of change has inspired me to tweak my blog posts. Every month I will abide to a word, one to insprie to live. I will change my word every month because, after all, change is life, right? And just so you know, my word for March is empowerment.

Until then, that's all for now :)