I do apologise for my long absence. Its with good reason, and a consequence of being in the public domain... when things worth blogging about are far too personal, its probably best to keep silent.
Having said that, I've really missed writing down my thoughts. So I shall share one today.
Our undoing, as human beings, is our inability to process and respond to our impermanence. We are only here for a limited (and quite short) period of time, and there really is nothing we can do to change that. No amount of money or power or status can affect that. And it is only when we really think about this, when we become really aware of this finiteness, that we are truly humbled, truly grounded. Only then are we able to focus on the people and things that matter.
And that is no easy feat. Easy to conceptualise in the abstract but really really difficult to keep at the front and centre of our consciousness on a daily basis. But the hardest thing of all, I am finding, is passing on this awareness to my children. Having been a child myself not that long ago, I still vividly recall my feelings of meta-existence- those feelings that I am invincible and that death had no way of getting me. Death was always something that happened to other people, even other children. But I was somehow immune. Silly, I know, but as a healthy, protected child, it was as simple as that.
Now, I am trying so hard to alert my children to the fragility of life. So that they dont take anything for granted. So that they may really live every precious moment they are given. So that they may invest in the more important things, the things that will endure, the things that will grant them a contentment and tranquility in this life as well as eternal happiness in the life that doesn't end.
Having said that, I've really missed writing down my thoughts. So I shall share one today.
Our undoing, as human beings, is our inability to process and respond to our impermanence. We are only here for a limited (and quite short) period of time, and there really is nothing we can do to change that. No amount of money or power or status can affect that. And it is only when we really think about this, when we become really aware of this finiteness, that we are truly humbled, truly grounded. Only then are we able to focus on the people and things that matter.
And that is no easy feat. Easy to conceptualise in the abstract but really really difficult to keep at the front and centre of our consciousness on a daily basis. But the hardest thing of all, I am finding, is passing on this awareness to my children. Having been a child myself not that long ago, I still vividly recall my feelings of meta-existence- those feelings that I am invincible and that death had no way of getting me. Death was always something that happened to other people, even other children. But I was somehow immune. Silly, I know, but as a healthy, protected child, it was as simple as that.
Now, I am trying so hard to alert my children to the fragility of life. So that they dont take anything for granted. So that they may really live every precious moment they are given. So that they may invest in the more important things, the things that will endure, the things that will grant them a contentment and tranquility in this life as well as eternal happiness in the life that doesn't end.
