Notes to Self (Part 2)

Remember these moments, these tears of joy, and hold on to them, but don’t hold too tight, they always slip away, because life is impermanent, you just want to bottle it up and save it for later. When the hard times come, don’t despair, they will come, and they’ll be the touchstone of your spiritual progress, and you’ll get through it. Keep searching.

Remember that life is not a dead-end, that you are truly moving forward, and that when you get into these dark and somber moods, a part of you loses perspective and only sees the darkness and the negativity. And remember what your friend said, that these viewpoints, this miring in the bog of self-pity doesn’t serve you at all, and that even though things can be tough, and there is injustice and suffering, you don’t have to dwell on it and sit with it forever.

Let go and remember to just be an observer, sit back and be mindful and let the thoughts float by like leaves on a stream, and embrace the absurdity and the diversity and terrible beauty of humanity and the human experience.