Transience

Today’s circumstances won’t last forever.

Who we are, the way we live, the things we do—they’re all impermanent.

The transient nature of everything can be panic-inducing, but there’s power in temporariness, even when it’s not always obvious or the first place our minds go when we consider the tempestuous shifts that endlessly upend the fixed and familiar.

Every change introduces an endless number of novel opportunities that we hadn’t previously considered, been aware of, or had access to.

It can be ...