Change can hurt when it comes from losing what you thought was home or belonging. Fulfilment is hard to come by and losing that is crushing. It’s loss, and I think we respond by building into ourselves this emotional self-reliance, and wariness when it comes to lending our trust and opening ourselves. I’m yet to find the same happiness in myself that I find in belonging, but I’m wiser and the possibilities are endless. Here’s hoping you find your fulfilment, whatever shape that takes.