I believe there is a time for everything. Time changes, and you

Hear the words of Manisha Koirala, spoken with clarity and born of life’s storms: “I believe there is a time for everything. Time changes, and you need to accept that. Else, you stagnate.” These words are not woven of idle fancy, but of truth eternal, as old as the turning of the heavens. They remind us that life is not still, nor fixed, but a river that flows ever onward. To resist its current is to be drowned, but to flow with it is to discover new shores.

The ancients knew this well. The Teacher of Ecclesiastes spoke long ago: “To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.” Birth and death, sowing and reaping, mourning and rejoicing—all are woven into the pattern of existence. Manisha echoes this same wisdom, telling us that those who refuse to see the changing seasons become as stagnant pools of water, breeding only decay. But those who accept the flow of time, though it may wound and stretch them, will be carried forward into growth and renewal.

Consider the tale of the samurai Miyamoto Musashi. In his youth, he was fierce and reckless, wielding his sword with wild abandon. But as the times of his life changed, so too did his spirit. He learned to master patience, discipline, and strategy. In his later years, he set down his blade and took up the brush, writing The Book of Five Rings, leaving behind wisdom for generations. Had he clung only to the time of youth and battle, he would have remained a warrior and nothing more. But by accepting change, he grew into a sage whose legacy endures.

Manisha Koirala herself speaks not from abstraction, but from her own life of struggle and transformation. A star who shone brightly on the silver screen, she faced illness and hardship that shook the foundations of her existence. Yet she did not curse the shifting of the seasons. She embraced it. In her acceptance, she found renewal—not only as an artist, but as a survivor, a voice of courage and resilience. Her words carry the weight of lived truth: when time changes, one must change also, lest one be broken by the past.

But hear this warning: those who refuse to bend before time shall indeed stagnate. Like trees that resist the wind, they will splinter. Like waters that cease to flow, they will rot. Many cling to yesterday’s glory, to old ways, to comforts that no longer serve them. They say, “Let nothing change,” and thus they wither. The danger is not in the passing of time, but in the refusal to walk with it.

The lesson is clear: embrace change as the herald of life. See each season as sacred: the vigor of youth, the striving of maturity, the wisdom of age. Do not mourn the end of one season, but honor it and prepare for the next. To accept is not to surrender, but to move forward with strength, carrying the lessons of the past into the promise of tomorrow.

Practical wisdom lies before you: when time shifts, do not resist it. If one career fades, find a new calling. If one chapter of life closes, open the next with courage. Learn, grow, and transform, for this is the way of all living things. Seek not to remain forever as you were, but strive to become what you are meant to be. For the river of time does not cease, and only those who flow with it truly live.

Therefore, let Manisha’s words be etched in your heart: “There is a time for everything. Time changes, and you must accept that, else you stagnate.” Be not a pool that festers, but a river that flows. In this way, your life shall remain ever fresh, ever new, ever rising toward the eternal sea of destiny.