It's time to move on with life and learn some new lessons. A couple of years ago, some Buddhist monks visited our area. The local papers ran a couple of stories about their activities while they were here. With the help of the public, they created an elaborate, beautiful sand painting. On the last day they were here, they destroyed the painting. The lesson they were teaching is that everything is fleeting. What I derived from this is that we should not cling to the physical. Life and beauty is to be enjoyed while it is here, but not to hold us back from moving on. What really matters is the spiritual, the soul, the spirit.
While this is easier for me to practice when I think about stuff, furniture, art, houses, property, there are other areas that are more challenging. One of the things I'm working on is enjoying the moment and not thinking too much about how I got here and what lies ahead. I think the hardest part of this lesson to learn involves my children. I can start weeping when I see pictures or think about my little children, babies, who are no longer little or babies. I have to learn to let that go and enjoy the beautiful young people they have become. We need to love them while we have them and let them go when it is time.
This is also true of others in our lives and our dear pets. We need to love them and treat them well while we have them and let them go when the time comes. And have faith that this physical life is not the end, but only a stage in our existence.
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