Day 068g: When best preparations come Undone … (June 21, 2019)

How odd to be so thrilled with the tape-job I had given my shoes the day before, only to have today’s mucky paths and steady rains literally wash the same right off my feet after only a few hours of walking …

Nothing can last, not even the Earth itself. The Buddha said that suffering was caused by desire, we’d learned, and that the cessation of desire meant the cessation of suffering. When you stopped wishing things wouldn’t fall apart, you’d stop suffering every time they did.” ~ via John Green