― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

[text ID: I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?]
“If you suffer, it’s not because things are impermanent. It’s because you believe things are permanent. When a flower dies, you don’t suffer much, because you understand that flower are impermanent. But you cannot accept the impermanence of your beloved one, and you suffer deeply when she passes away. If you look deeply into impermanence, you will do your best to make her happy right now. Aware of impermanence, you become positive, loving, and wise. Impermanence is good news. Without impermanence, nothing would be possible. With impermanence, every door is open for change. Instead of complaining, we should say, “Long live impermanence!” Impermanence is an instrument of our liberation.”

— From “Your True Home: The Everyday Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh”

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