So, change is everywhere and in everything. Your body will change, your mind changes constantly, who you are and who you think you are changes and will go on changing as long as you live (and who knows, maybe after).

That being said, how can you rely on any of it? I’ve been guilty of seeking perfection in the body, yet my body is always changing, and one day those things that I cherish and strive so hard to achieve - perfect posture, flexibility, strength and stamina - might no longer be there.

My mind has changed a whole lot as I’ve grown, I’ve thought different thoughts and been interested in different things. I too, identify with my current thoughts and beliefs, and yet, one day they might be gone too.

Wisdom is not about knowing something by reading it, or even seeing the value of it as an intellectual idea. It is truly understanding it by feeling it, deep down inside. It is characterized by a blazing feeling of complete and utter obviousness, and is often coupled with hilarity at the fact you didn’t see it long ago. So, today, this particular insight came to me. My mind is changing, my body is changing and will age, so it’s folly to identify with either as a fixed entity. Likewise, it is folly to rely on gaining happiness through some particular thing, because that thing is also subject to change.

We can rely on one thing, and that is that things will change. All else is uncertainty. So best get used to it and enjoy the freedom that brings!

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