when we accept the truth
that everything fades.
We appreciate our mobility
when we understand
that one day we will lose it.
We appreciate sight,
sound,
touch,
and smell
when we accept that they too
will one day dissolve.
This recognition is not depressing.
It is the doorway to gratitude.
Life becomes more joyful
when we participate in it
with appreciation
rather than complaint
about the inevitable changes.
Yet we often create stories
to make ourselves feel grounded.
Stories that try to deny impermanence.
Stories that try to wash away the harm we have caused
with declarations of total forgiveness.
But the wisdom of Karma offers a different invitation.
Not denial.
Not erasure.
Instead it invites us to burn away the harm we have created
through good action.
Through compassion.
Through stewardship.
Through repair where repair is possible.
Living this way becomes easier
when we accept that we too are part of Entropy.
We fade.
Just as all things fade.
Life is not simple.
It is filled with voices urging consumption,
dissatisfaction,
complaint,
judgment,
and narrow thinking that tries to soothe the restlessness within us.
But those are only temporary salves.
True healing begins
when we recognize two truths at once:
that all things are dissolving
and that all things are connected.
When we accept both,
gratitude arises naturally.
And from gratitude
comes the desire to care for this brief participation in life
with tenderness
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