[Not so stubborn as he had been, but stubborn enough.]
Many have found strength in adaptability.
[It was not his way. He had changed only with stubborn reluctance, and only so far as he had to in order to survive, when simply hunkering down and attempting to weather the storm was not.]
You would not be the first to fail to realize what it is you have until it is lost to you.
[He speaks, of course, from experience. Today, it does not sting so much as it does at times, but he is unusually nostalgic today. He has been left in a mood, even if it is not quite unpleasant.]
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Many have found strength in adaptability.
[It was not his way. He had changed only with stubborn reluctance, and only so far as he had to in order to survive, when simply hunkering down and attempting to weather the storm was not.]
You would not be the first to fail to realize what it is you have until it is lost to you.
[He speaks, of course, from experience. Today, it does not sting so much as it does at times, but he is unusually nostalgic today. He has been left in a mood, even if it is not quite unpleasant.]