Not Just a Number
Age isn’t just a number; it should be a summation of all the things you’ve learned, and how you’ve grown as a person. Will you have something to show for it, when you’ve reached your final day?
Age isn’t just a number; it should be a summation of all the things you’ve learned, and how you’ve grown as a person. Will you have something to show for it, when you’ve reached your final day?
What’s worse than death? The fear of death. It’s pointless and unhealthy. Use your practice and all your study of philosophy to instead let go of this fear, and focus your energy elsewhere.
While your life and the problems you face might seem big and important to you, in the grand scheme of things they are impossibly small. Your existence and your time on Earth are very short!
Whether you’re rich or poor in this life, whether you’re beautiful or ugly, powerful or not — in the end we are all made equal in death.
You don’t have unlimited time on Earth. How tragic to reach the end of your days and find that you don’t know yourself? Change that, before it’s too late.
Why should you be confident? Everything can be taken away from you by time or misfortune. So… why, again? Because you have reasoned choice, and nothing can take that away.
It’s not really possible to be perfect, of course. But we can aspire toward that ideal, and along the way live our life to its fullest and richest, in truth and determination.
It’s not always our favorite topic to think about, but it’s true — you’re going to die sooner than you think. Will you have reached the point that you desire in your soul, before the end comes?
You can’t control the genetics you were given at birth, which determine your body shape and weight. So why should you be upset at the lifespan you’ve been given? Both are simply the luck of the draw.
In the echoing halls of history, we can see the past, but we can also see the future — because the rhythm of history continues on forever.