Temporary

Every day I am reminded how temporary my life is. The roof over my head, my job, the car I drive, my meagre savings, the food in my fridge, the people in my life. All could be gone instantly. I admit I would like some permanence in my life. Some semblance of stability. Though I must remember, in the end none of us gets out of this alive. I can take nothing with me except perhaps what life meant to me. I wish I knew. And what if I don’t figure it out at the end - Will I have to come back? I don’t want to do this again.

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We are all only here for a minute

Jun 23, 2022 at 12:36pm

or is that an eternity? :-) Well who amongst us presently has the inner-life cognition to answer that question? Maybe no one or maybe that in a billion the Vedics/Buddhists call a bodhisattva. Someone who didn't have to reincarnate again on this planet but did so to come as a helper. However it go I'll remember my dear ole' mom's advice: "Don't waste your life trying to figure it all out. Just be good to yourself, be good to others and have a good life." PS: A bodhisattva will never advertise nor charge $$ their service, nor sit upon a throne or higher chair, nor wear special garments than anyone. PS: we can talk further about this in a few more minutes :-) OCM Sto'lo Coast Salish salutations.

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Anonymous

Jun 23, 2022 at 1:23pm

Live the moment because the time you'll spend on earth is meaningless. Be happy, have fun and relax because at the end nobody may know the things you did but yourself so... live for yourself and not for other people. The most complicated thing about life is finding out how simple it is.

“If you are depressed, you are living in the past.
If you are anxious, you are living in the future.
If you are at peace, you are living in the present.” - Lao Tzu

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I hear ya

Jun 23, 2022 at 8:39pm

Sure hope I've learned my life's lesson and can return home and stay this time.
This dimension is the Pitts.
On to the next realm, vortex or whatever is out there !
Wheeeeeeee

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Yes

Jun 23, 2022 at 9:55pm

Thanks to the other commenter for sharing the Lao Tzu quote. I needed to see that, and see that I’m
The anxious one, my partner is the peaceful one, and my sibling the depressed one.

I totally hear you OP. Everything is temporary and can be gone tomorrow. I told my partner, that once I die, I definitely don’t want to come back as a human being. I’d rather be in another form, a jaguar in the jungle, a bird in the forest, an octopus or fox. I’ve had enough of the human condition in modern society.

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True

Jun 23, 2022 at 11:28pm

It can all be gone in an instant. 3 years ago I was married to the love of my life, had many friends, more money, a full-time job that I loved, and was living peacefully and happy. Now I'm widowed, disabled, and my friends have largely abandoned me. I am too unwell to make the effort to try to make new ones. Five other people close to me have also died since 2020. Stupid cancer. I spend over 90 percent of my time alone and cannot do the hobbies I used to enjoy because I faint all the time and have low blood pressure. Cherish what you have. I'm just hoping that I don't live to be too old because I don't want to outlive my savings. The ability to buy food and have a home is all I've got going for me!

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@True

Jun 25, 2022 at 8:20am

I'm sorry to hear this. I hope people reading this will remember to enjoy what they have now and try to chill the F out about life (<--- that was a little note to self)

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Anonymous

Jun 25, 2022 at 12:27pm

Thank you for that confession.

You see life in a deep and complex way.

Have now lived nearly all of my life and looking back or looking ahead means little to me anymore.

You should be fine. Seriously.

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Anonymous

Jun 27, 2022 at 1:21am

I like that quote too kinda makes you think about all the time wasted worrying about things you really have no control over and just live in the moment cause that's all we really have this moment right now .
I'm sick of time too.
Who cares about the time continuum it's so stressful keeping track.

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