"No matter where you go, there you are."

At Sweet Tooth we've been thinking about Back to School.  Normally our store doesn't have much to offer for Back to School, but this year we brought in a line called Locket Lookz---accessories both decorative and functional to put in a school locker.  It has been fun for us.
But Back to School used to mean something different.  When my daughter started a new school year, we thought a lot about "change":  how we deal with it and what it will mean.
Of course we always took the "First Day of School Picture"---you know, the one where our daughter was dressed in her new outfit (this was before uniforms), standing with her hand on the front door knob, purse or lunch bag in hand and maybe a notebook to write down all the stuff we were going to shop for after school!
Change didn't have anything to do with new clothes or school supplies.  Change represented the unknown, the possibility of failure or rejection (especially in middle school!). 
Couldn't we look on the sunny side of change?--new opportunities, new friends, new things to learn, new challenges which we would conquer?
Change pulled us in both directions and even the promise of success couldn't completely eliminate thoughts of failure.
Thinking about Back to School and "change", I am reminded of one of my favorite quotes which can be found on Mary Engelbreit calendars, notepads and  flags:
                                      "No matter where you go, there you are."
I still haven't thoroughly understood the meaning of that quote but I feel that it pretty well describes everyone's journey through life.