November rain is a name of a song the rock band Guns n’ Roses released sometime in early nineties. I am sure you heard of it. I don’t remember exactly the year. But, what I remember is that I was finishing elementary school and starting my high school when November rain was winning the musical charts and was a big hit of these times.
I was a big fan of Guns n’ Roses. Many of my schoolmates were. I would listen to it every day. This was a time when me and all my schoolmates were very enthusiastic about life. We were full of expectations, young, fit and strong and ready to rock the world. Nothing was stopping us.
17 years later I don’t listen to Guns n’ Roses anymore. Which is not a big deal. I still own all of their albums and I still like the band. And I still love the song November rain among many others this great rock band came up with. But I changed. I listen different music. I do different things. I spend my time differently. Which is totally fine, we all change this way.
On our recent elementary school reunion which I didn’t attend because it took place in Bratislava – Slovakia and I live in U.S. now and couldn’t free my time to go, I noticed that majority of our class indeed changed. We are all different than we were back than. I look at the pictures and my former school mates look good, they are all smiling and having fun like in the old times and many things didn’t change. They look like they are all successful and enjoy their life’s.
But I also noticed, that many of us got out of shape. We were for most part all strong, fit, healthy, athletic, very active young kids back than. And that really changed. We are getting older and we are getting out of shape, gaining weight, getting fragile and more tired. Yes, Axl included.
Change is good, but some things should never change. Actually we shouldn’t let them change. Staying physically active, strong, full of energy, healthy and lean should never change. But these stuff almost always change. Fit kids become unfit adults. Don’t let that happen to you. Fight like hell to not change this direction. It really is possible.