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Ephemeral


Everything in this life is momentary and impermanent. Now read it again, but this time say it out loud and personalize it...

EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE IS MOMENTARY AND IMPERMANENT.

Good job!

Accepting this statement as absolute truth permits life to be lived to the fullest. No more taking it for granted on a daily basis; You have my permission to enjoy every aspect and appreciate every moment!

Knowing everything comes and everything goes is wonderfully freeing! For there is a time and a season for everything in your life. Accept it and find peace. Reject it and gain nothing, but a life full of sorrow and disappointment.

Attempting to hold on to the people around you and the material possessions you've purchased can NEVER give you joy.
Why? Because it's all fleeting. People live and people die. Possessions are made and possessions fade. All things come and go like the wind. Every single thing is temporary.

Therefore, NONE of us can actually own anything in this life. We are only renting the items we possess for a brief moment in time. Once your heart beats for the last time, those things you say are yours, get passed on and now belong to someone else. Then once they perish, the cycle repeats itself forever without any end in sight.

A wise man once said, "The richest man in the world still dies." How true! You enter this world naked and bare; you exit the same.

Instead of wasting time trying to obtain objects with no real meaning, learn to appreciate what exists in the present. Be thankful for the here-and-now, for there will come a day where the things in front of you will no longer be available.

Embrace impermanence and...
every breath becomes more exhilarating.
every image holds more beauty.
every emotion feels stronger.
every thought resonates further.
every word is more intentionally spoken.
every action taken is more deliberate.
every moment is filled with significance.
every second you are alive feels more meaningful knowing that the present, this very moment, is the ONLY thing any of us really have.

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