Today, I contemplate impermanence with gratitude. Because of impermanence, I can keep moving forward.
"Contemplating impermanence helps us touch freedom and happiness in the present moment. It helps us see reality as it is, so we can embrace change, face our fears, and cherish what we have. When we can see the impermanent nature of a flower, a pebble, the person we love, our own body, our pain and sorrow, or even a situation, we can make a breakthrough into the heart of reality.
Impermanence is something wonderful. If things were impermanent, life would not be possible. A seed could never become a plant of corn; the child couldn't grow into a young adult; there could never be healing and transformation; we could never realize our dreams. So impermanence is very important for life. Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible."
Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art of Living (2017), page 116
photograph, San Leandro, Spring 2020
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