Blog Two: Impermanence

For some, dealing with the impermanence of life is as easy as thinking about that light at the end of the tunnel, a belief that death is not just an end, but also a beginning. A beginning of a life in a better place, where you don’t have to worry about terrorism, or murderers, or even war, this place is a land of peace and serenity. This belief teaches people not to be afraid of death, but to accept it. For other people the impermanence of life is dealt with by doing everything they can to make the most of every minute that they are alive. The dream of working hard, to make money, to raise a family, to go sight seeing, lets them live. So these people know that when their time comes, they didn’t spend their whole lives being afraid of dying. They went out, had fun, and took life by the horns, and made it do everything that these people wanted to do. For these people the impermanence of life is motivation, motivation to make every moment worth while, and worth living. I think that the famous words of Van Halen, in the song “Best of Both Worlds” say the same thing. “Now you don’t have to die to go to heaven, or hang around to be born again, just tune in to what this place has got to offer, ‘cause we may never be here again!, ow!”