Time is a weird and inevitable thing.
If we get to the end of our lives having spent the whole thing fighting time, we will have lost.
If we spend our days wishing we were younger, refusing to accept changes, we will always be feeling hurt and scared and defeated.
If our deepest need is for time to not pass, to not grow old and die, we will end up with the greatest loss and frustration.
Time. Will. Pass.
We can’t live for keeping yesterday or today.
We can’t live for staying alive.
So what else can we live for?
Love?
Kindness?
Showing up for each other?
Making the world a little bit of a sweeter place?
Things like safety and survival are overrated. At the end of the day, they’re sort of . . . impossible.
Unfortunately, we seem to be wired to keep anxiously reverting back to “Must stay safe!”
“According to Buddhist psychology, most of our troubles stem from attachment to things that we mistakenly see as permanent.” ~ Dalai Lama
Time. Will. Pass.
So what more meaningful things can we do with our time here together?
“Hey Anna, I just thought of one thing that’s permanent.” “What’s that?” “Love.” “Warm hugs?” “I like warm hugs.” ~ Disney. Of course.
What are you living for today?
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