Another year is literally flying by now. In a couple of days it will be 2011, and to be honest, not a whole lot has changed in the world since I first began my island years. Not much has changed on the atoll itself either. There are a few less people, new contractors and remodeled facilities, but everything else continues on as it did when I arrived, which is coming up on 14 years now. Movies and books try to predict a high tech future with robots running everything and humans living in outer space, but I’ve found over the course of my short life so far, that although new technologies are available and new accomplishments are achieved by humans all the time, life itself never changes quite that drastically in such a short period of time. Yes, life changing events occur, such as death, divorce, moving across the world for a job, getting married and having children, but all of those things require our minds and emotions to adjust to the change, so even though we may change our status on paper or begin living with those changes right away, we still have to go to work, eat, sleep, and continue on with life as is in the meantime. I could say my life has changed drastically over the last 3 years in particular, but it’s not life that’s changed, it’s just my circumstances, such as where I live or my job. Life itself hasn’t taken any big turns or leaps, the years still take 365 days to complete, my kids still have to move up one grade at a time and still want and enjoy the same things I did when I was a kid. We still have to work hard to gain an education or job experience to move ahead in life. Money, time, and the budgeting of them are still an every day consideration and struggle for people. Communication is still key to the success of any relationship, work or personal. Love is still sought out as much as ever, and faith is just as important to our society as it was when the Pilgrims came over from England to establish a community of religious freedom in America
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