Every changes
Constantly
Change is the only constant
Moment to moment
Breath to breath
Everything can change
Everything does change eventually
Yet we cling to certainty
It’s human nature to hold onto certainty and comfort and the known, white knuckle tight.
Life is full of dichotomies like that. I wonder, are most people unaware or do they choose to not think about them?
I suppose ignorance is bliss. But the older I get the more I realize how little I know and I wouldn’t describe my life as blissful.
Meditation and philosophy have been big helps in understanding that the nature of life is change, constant change, never ending change.
We as humans are a great example of this. Do we look the same year to year? Decade to decade? Every cell in our body regenerates every 7-10 years. We literally are not the same people we were a decade ago.
Change is fascinating and scary and confusing and makes life fun and is unavoidable. They say variety is the spice of life.
Meditation helps me be aware of change. Philosophy helps me see how humans have coped with change for thousands of years. The combination of the two is like a greens smoothie for my spirit and peace of mind.
I suppose if we’re always thinking about change than we’re not focused on our goals, tasks, priorities and plans. That’s no way to live. But being hyper focused on our goals with an unwillingness to adapt to change is just as bad.
There’s that yin yang again. There’s the never ending quest for balance again.
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