The Old Out and The New In

Every year at this time, we tend to look back and remember events that occurred in our lives during the old or outgoing year. Some of those events brought sorrow and pain while others brought joy and happiness. These emotions are examples of changes occurring in our lives, but most everyone looks forward with new hope that the New Year will bring better days for them and their families than the previous year.

Quite often I use the expression, “Nothing Stays The Same,” to summarize a change that occurred in my life. It can apply to people as well as things on earth. 

The Castle Hill Lighthouse in Rhode Island, pictured below, is an example of change. When the lighthouse was built in 1890, the lantern room was equipped with a fifth-order Fresnel lens with a red light. The engineers and people who installed that light probably thought it would be there indefinitely. However, in 1957 when the lighthouse was automated, the Fresnel lens was removed and replaced with a 300-mm plastic lens. It was the old out and the new in that created change for many lives. However, that new light continues an active light.

                                  
                            HAPPY NEW YEAR!