There’s no need to fear suffering, whether our own or that of others.By making use of our life’s opportunities we become more fully human by facing whatever happens without guilt or blame. Dealing with impermanence and its accompanying pains, both great and small, and with the related topic of personal responsibility and questions of human possibility and limitation. In this way we can take hold of our lives under all imaginable circumstances, whether happy or desperate, sick or healthy, imprisoned or free, young or old. The possibilities we ignore, the opportunities we pass by, the choices we are afraid to embrance, the missteps we take – these need not be irreversible.
In facing our faults honestly and relinquishing self-pity and shame, we can rectify our mistakes. Time never stops giving us new chances. By accepting the certainty of death, realizing the truth that impermanence is an inextricable characteristic of existence, and daring to live accordingly, we begin to flouruish as human beings. Then when we look back on our lives
