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The Positivity of Impermanence
The impermanence of everything is the key to change for the best.
This has been a difficult year. Lots of people have decided that history is likely to remember 2020 as a dumpster fire.
And let’s face it — that’s not wrong. I don’t need to get into the specifics — again — because I’m sure that the most withdrawn hermit out there is aware. Uncertainty and fear are dominating everything.
Fortunately, this is not how it will be forever. Longer than many of us would like, sure, but not forever. Why? Impermanence.
There is nothing in this world that is utterly and completely permanent. From the tallest mountain to the smallest molecule, all is subject to impermanence.
Mountains rise and fall. Flowers grow, bloom, and die. People are born, grow, and die. There is nothing at all which is permanent and unchanging.
The inability to accept this idea causes a surreal amount of discomfort and has led to strife, numerous conflicts, reactionary movements, and even wars. People are resistant to and afraid of change. They want things to become a certain way — and stay there.
But they won’t. Because they can’t. Impermanence is the truth of the Universe. Change is inevitable.
