I am all of you

Suffering

Eastern philosophy suggests that life is about learning how to respond to and be aware of the suffering around us. Now, when I think of suffering, I think of something horrific such as someone seriously injured in a car accident. I don’t typically think of small things as suffering such as the pain we feel when we are disappointed by someone or something or the pain from a bad day, but this is all referred to as ‘suffering’…

so with that in mind, here’s is the ancient eastern philosophy:

“If we don’t get what we want, we suffer
If we get what we don’t want, we suffer
Even if we get what we want we still suffer because we can’t hold onto it forever.”

It’s true. I am constantly in a state of suffering. It is hard to accept the here and now and not be in a sense of longing for what is or is not and/or not worrying about how long I’ll have it….

I remind myself today, accept what is. not what could be, not what is not, not of what will not last. just be here just be now.