Permanence - the state or quality of lasting forever, unchanged.  

 

Funny how often we find ourselves disrupted by the suddenness of change.  The relationship that we thought would last forever, abruptly diverging into separate paths; the concept or idea of how we relate to a part of our world such as finances or work rapidly changing without a premonition. For many of us the immediate response may be fear, loss, sadness, or even anger.  But then there are some changes we experience that are just as dramatic but seem joyful, exciting, pleasant.  Is there a difference in the type of change or the context that elicits a different emotion?  Are we somehow more willing to view one change with less attachment to what was and thereby reducing our created suffering?  Perhaps this is actually the role of change and impermanence.  To help us recognize our attachments and be invited into less suffering.  We cannot hold lightly that which is held in a death grip without awareness.  Said differently, if we are unaware of our attachment to a thing or a particular way of being in the world we will struggle to allow it to be any more or different than it is.  For it is in realizing the ebb and flow of the thing, the role, the relationship, the stance in the world that it may grow, evolve, fade, die, be reborn, or create the space for something new entirely.   Our need for security, safety, identity, and love can be blinders to the joyful dance of the kind, caring, and benevolent universe that we are just a small but beautiful part of.

 

How will I change my relationship impermanence?  

 

Can I view it as an invitation to join the creative dance or will it reveal to me the source of my suffering?

 

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