As you go through life, some people will tell you how the world is a cruel, cruel place. You'll probably also experience and witness events that might lead you to think the same conclusion. Well, it's kinda true and kinda not true at the same time, just like how there will be times when you think that life is beautiful and life is great.
You see, from a conventional perspective, it all has to do with how nothing lasts forever. Every living thing on this earth is destined to die from the moment it was conceived. Physical items can break and will most definitely decay over time and use. Life events will come and go. Emotional and psychological states will constantly change.
But, I think if you look more closely, you'll see that (for the most part) physical things don't simply vanish into thin air, disappear, and cease to exist. Rather, these things are merely changing and transforming to various degrees, just like emotional and psychological states. I'll even venture to say that while I think energy actually does lasts forever (or at least comes close), it is constantly changing and transforming too. All of these things are intertwined with the only constants being time and change. But we are still left with the fact that everything as we know it will one day stop ceasing to be as we know it, so what are we going to do?
Perhaps the biggest issue with all of this is the fact that we suffer. We feel negative emotions such as anger, depression, anxiety, sadness, and so on. The reason for our suffering is that we get attached to people, things, events, ideas, states, and memories. So, whenever we lose any of the things we have attached ourselves to as we have known them, it is not uncommon to react in a negative way. By virtue of logic, the way out of this suffering is to not be attached anything. Simple, right? But it's easier said than done, at least for myself anyway. And it's quite a challenge to think otherwise when the society we live in bombards you with propaganda that you need more and you need to be more AND you need validation from others to be happy.
This subject, both simple and complex at the same time, is something that is the underlying theme for this blog and for future posts, but for now, what makes the most sense to me is that we should appreciate the people we care about, the good times we've experienced, and the things we have while we have them because they don't last forever and we should inversely be patient when times are rough, and accept them as such because that too will pass. This all has to do with the idea of being able to let go and live in the moment, and when you do, then you are truly living.
A wise friend of mine once told me that life is like a wheel, constantly in motion, going through cycles of good times and bad times. While we don't have control over stopping or starting the motion, and maybe even when the good times and bad times occur, we do have control over how we perceive the length of the good times and bad times to be. In the end, it's a question of perception and attitude on how we go on in the circle of life.
No one really knows for certain how much time they have on Earth to live. In the grand scheme of things, it's actually really, really short. So, we need to make the most of it. I'm going to do my best to give you guidance if you need it, the space you need so you can explore and discover the world on your own. And I will love you unconditionally for as long as I am around.
With love and affection,
-Dad
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