Accepting the Changes in Life

Grief and sorrow arise because we do not allow changes nor take chances. We hold and want to keep everything always the same. We fall into being very afraid of change – a new place, a new job, a new relationship, etc.... If you love a woman, you want her tomorrow to be just like today.  Forever, she is never different, but if you know how to think more broadly, you will know that everything in life that follows the laws of nature wears out and then is destroyed. For all humans living today, it would be impossible to stop the biological clock dissipating us each day. That is why so much suffering arises. No one can be sure if there is a next time or what to talk about tomorrow!

Let us be aware to know that life is constantly changing. Life is change. Only one thing is forever unchanged, and it is change. Except for change itself, all things have changed. Accept the nature of life, the existence of change as in all the seasons – spring, summer, autumn, winter – and your mood changes. This continuous flow never stops for a moment. When we accept the change happening quietly around us, we are going to be happy and nobody can disturb your happiness. Always think about this simple test and stop longing for eternity, which has created problems for us. If you want to live in a life that does not change, you are asking what cannot ever….

Let us focus our awareness and become brave enough to accept the changes occurring – the loss of affection, the change in jobs, the number of assets accumulated over the years, the day to say goodbye to your beloved, or a newly discovered disease, etc. So, acceptance is the choice of happiness when you will never be disappointed. That is the moment you see nirvana.

From Osho