life is pain, suffering, confusion, disappointment, impermanence. death.
it can’t be fixed, changed, redirected, repaired, improved, perfected.
life is unfair. it can’t be made fair, equitable, just.
to believe otherwise is an illusion.
we still have moments of choice. pivotal moments.
but they mean less than we think they do, less than we hope they do, less than we need them to.
you can forcibly change the narrative. you can fool people, fool yourself.
but you can’t fool human nature. it goes on without you. the rest of life on earth goes on without you. the universe goes on without you, continuing to expand long after you and your politics are gone.
make peace with it.
make peace with your life, your vulnerabilities, your illusions. with all the needs you can’t fulfill. with the happiness you can’t achieve, the failures you can’t explain, the successes that didn’t ease your despair.
let go.
listen.
be humble.
even if you don’t understand, right now, in this moment, be still.
take a deep breath.
to be alive, to be human, to be conscious, is to suffer. so rethink your assumptions about suffering. about pain, about confusion, disappointment, impermanence. death.
let go.
step down.
bow your head.
you can’t understand it all. you can’t control it all. you can’t make every right choice, or even know what every right choice is.
in the end, it doesn’t matter.
you will suffer. you will die.
i suffer. i will die.
everyone we know suffers, even if it’s alone, in silence. and someday they will die.
in light of all that, what really matters?
what matters to you?
May 15, 2022
