Let Forms Pass

One of the hardest things in life is to accept that "all that rises, passes away."

We want to cling to what we identify with; to our roles in society, to the people that we meet. We want things to stay permanent; but this is an impossible demand placed upon reality.

Reality is all about change -- and as such, there is no permanency. Even the most permanent structures are destined to crumble in a matter of time. This earth, in fact, will end when our sun goes into supernova. Sure, that's not going to happen for a really, really long time and who knows, by then this species may have invented ways to go to other planets. But even this earth, and all of its unmovable things -- mountains, structures, whatever -- will pass away.

Let forms pass, and realize that despite it all there is in fact one form that cannot pass, because it does not come into being: it is your witness.

That alone is real.