Impermanence
by Eightfold Path· from Noble Truth
We can't keep permanently what we're striving for, and just as our happy days pass by, we'll all pass away one day too. Birth, aging, death : in every moment of it, life means suffering. This is a common law, everybody everywhere suffers. This suffering's a bond we have with each other, something we all understand. Because all that's subject to arising is subject to ceasing. Nothing lasts forever. This attachment we have for all things is like an open wound, from which is escaping the blood of our peace of mind. Life in its totality is imperfect and incomplete, because this world we're living in is nothing but impermanence. Birth, aging, death : in every moment of it, life means suffering. This is a common law, everybody everywhere suffers. This suffering's a bond we have with each other, something we all understand. Because all that's subject to arising is subject to ceasing. Now please stop to complain, you should deal with it. There's as much suffering in this world as there is air to breathe.