Another one bites the dust.
All things are impermanent. I remember the first time I read that sentence. Boy did it give me pause for thought. It was 2011 and smack dab in the middle of a month off work. I was ill and had been for a long time. And would be for an a lot longer still. My entire worlds focus was on de-stressing but, paradoxically, the pressure to do so was just making things worse. In my rush to relax, I was consuming self help books. It was Eckhart Tolle's 'The Power Of Now' that resonated more than anything else. That line though. It got me. Hold on a second. ALL things are impermanent? I chewed this famed buddhist philosophy over in my head. I wanted to understand it but I think I also wanted to reject it. Pause and think about it. All things, ALL things are impermanent? My car...my job...my house...my body...me...my wife...my kids!? ALL things? I am someone who craves and thrives on stability. Even now, contemplating the idea that all of the above won't be hear one ...