Use the force

I just finished watching Star Wars Episode I with my daughter. We are having a Star Wars marathon in preparation for our viewing of Episode III tomorrow. Isn't it funny how we make things around us fit within our current sense of reality.
For instance; I have seen Episode I way too many times to remember, but there was a line this time that hit me like a ton of bricks.

When Anikin is leaving to go train as a Jedi, he realizes that he is going alone and doesn't want to go.
He says, "I don't want things to change."
And his mother says, "But you can't stop the change, anymore than you can stop the sun from setting."
I always thought that mothers had the best ability to say just the right thing at the right time.

This is so true, and this is what I have been fighting the past few weeks.
I have been so resistant to change that I have been causing myself so much pain.
I have to learn the ability to accept the change and not fight my new situation.
I am single now and feel very alone.
It is up to me to make this situation any different.

Now, if only I could learn those Jedi mind tricks.