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What does it mean?
Emotional states and weather change naturally; nothing lasts forever.
In plain terms
Good and bad times do not last forever.
What can you take from it?
Accept that feelings and seasons change.

Where it applies

  • breakups
  • seasonal depression
  • life transitions

Putting it to work

  • ride out low points
  • enjoy high points
  • accept change

Questions to consider

  • What lasts forever?
  • How do you handle change?

Another view

Accepting impermanence can feel cold when you want permanence.

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  3. Try to realize it's all within yourself no one else can make you change, and to see you're only very small and life flows on within you and without you.

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