Somewhere in the Tao Te Ching it says, approximately, “the ten thousand things rise and fall without ceasing”. This has long been my go-to quote for dealing with change, or really difficulty of any kind. I recently taught it to my oldest, who found it interesting that something 2,500 years old would still be relevant, and in this case, helpful in dealing with constantly shifting high school social terrain.
I don’t know why, but I get this picture of this vast ocean, and countless things bobbing up and down. In that vast space, my own ups and downs feel less important, and in any event it is in the nature of the world that what once was, will soon enough be no more, and what was not, will soon enough come into being.
You can shrink from this, or shine a bright light on it and welcome it.