The Freedom of Knowing They'll Leave

We want to be desired by everyone we meet. This puts us in constant conflict with other people and with our own inner nature. It is impossible to be liked by everyone. Ninety five percent of the people you meet in life will eventually disappear from it. The person you are closest to today will, at some point, no longer be your closest confidant. Such is the nature of life. It is cyclical. This cyclical nature, coupled with our inability to foresee the future, always tricks us into believing the present will remain permanent, that we can impose a sense of permanency on the things we love right now. Only about five percent of what exists in the present will likely carry forward into the future, and even that is uncertain. For most people, it amounts to a couple of individuals, that's it. This sounds nihilistic, but it's actually a liberating realization. When you know that what you're experiencing is temporary, that it won't last beyond a few days or months or years, wouldn't you want…