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Understanding Impermanence

Actualized.org - Self-Help, Psychology, Consciousness, Spirituality, Philosophy

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Mono No Aware - The Beauty of Loss

The only reason you're able to be alive right now is because all the other humans and animals who lived generations before you had died. The loss of a beautiful thing only underscores how beautiful that thing was. It's basically about being both saddened and appreciative of transience, and also about the relationship between life and death.

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