Anicca

It is not impermanence that makes us suffer.  What makes us 

suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not. 

~Thich Nhat Hanh~

Anicca - the absence of continuity, the absence of permanence...one of the three marks of existence.

Pema Chodron says "Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know."  I am in such a season of sorrow and devastation just now.  What is it that I need to know?  What if I never learn what I need to know?  How may this unrelenting grief serve to awaken this already ravaged heart?

Today, it is easy

To sit in this chair

And anchor myself

Into this moment

My only task to notice

The sounds of the space

Arriving and departing

With an open heart, welcoming

With an open heart, letting go

If only it were so simple

After the bell

When the ground

Beneath me crumbles

When you are here

When you are not

Touching impermanence

With an open heart

Welcoming…
With an open heart

...letting go.

c.sharshel 5/28/2015