Impermanence by José Ramos

Impermanence by José Ramos

Instagram/Facebook @joseramosphotography The only thing that we can take for granted, beyond physical death, is the constant changing nature of the life we stubbornly want to see as always stable and predictable. “Impermanence” is one of the three noble truths of Buddhism, and it is echoed in so many other religions and philosophies, under different names. “Happiness” has been intelligently reduced to a simple equation, which says it equals “reality minus expectations”. No matter how reductionist this may sound, there’s a strong element of truth behind this simple description. Everyday you wake up planning, aspiring, wishing, pursuing, with your well being a consequence of how much of all those often unrealistic plans you manage to accomplish. Unfortunately, even a regular routine day will throw you plenty of unexpected obstacles, many coming from the inside, so the odds of ending your day filled with frustration are quite high. What you see here is the last minute of sunrise light trying to burst through the dense clouds of the storm, right before it was fully engulfed in darkness. Impermanence is not just fear, it also contains a lot of beauty…

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