Impermanence can teach you a lot about how to cheer up. It’s okay if the thoughts of impermanence scare you, this can make you start asking questions and start you wondering. Maybe you are afraid of the most exciting things you have yet to learn.
A river is constantly new, the currents, the way it flows around rocks, the shape of its banks are subtly new at any moment. To know the river, we only need to experience it directly, to touch it, to swim in it, to contemplate it, to drink it. The same is true of life.
Would you like to liberate yourself from the lower realms of life? Would you like to save the world from the degradation and destruction it seems destined for? Then step away from the shallow mass movements and quietly go to work on your own self-awareness.
In the course of life, one cannot avoid difficult situations. It is important to remain calm and establish a positive attitude. Consider how to prevent the situation from worsening, then look for a way to solve the problem and look for a way to transform the bad situation into something positive.
Quote: All things are born of being, being is born of non-being.