New Delhi, May 22 -- Change arrives quietly in everyday life. A classroom once filled with laughter becomes a memory after graduation. Childhood streets begin to look smaller with age. Friendships fade, routines shift, and people slowly grow into different versions of themselves. Even when change is expected, it rarely feels easy.

British novelist and poet Thomas Hardy captured this deeply human experience when he wrote, "Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change."

In a fast-moving world where life constantly evolves, Hardy's words remain a powerful reflection on n the emotional struggle of letting go and learning to move forward.

No matter how much we grow, how old we become, or how many ex...