In human experience, there's nothing infinite. Sooner or later, everything calms down, exhausts, and fades away.
For many, including myself, this fact is disheartening. What we cherish today, we'll eventually have to let go of.
Possession is fleeting. At best, we're companions with someone or custodians of values for a while. Memories remain, but even they increasingly resemble dreams.
Yet the finiteness of everything is good news too.
Negative trends, events, and emotions don't fuel an eternal engine. Yes, a forest fire may turn land into desert. But it won't stop plants, animals, and insects. Life in the wilderness will revive again.
What's confusing is that worry, resentment, or pain don't vanish smoothly. Rather, it's a slowly fading sine wave. Along it, we soar up, then plummet down. It seems endless, but it's not.
Many psychotherapy and meditation methods are similar. They either help endure the fading of such a sine wave calmly or hasten to reach its end.
When you're struggling again, recall this picture. Whatever poisons your life will fade too. Fortunately, nothing is eternal.
Sincerely yours,
-Alexander
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