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“Life is like riding a bicycle”.

Albert Einstein wrote in a letter to his son Eduard.

Balancing work, family, and leisure time can lead to a more harmonious existence.

One should maintain balance. To achieve it, we must be willing to adapt to new circumstances and embrace change.

But, that doesn’t happen too often. Life poses many challenges.

We grow old and lose a loved one. We get fired, get separated, meet with an accident or suffer an unexpected financial loss — any of these can happen when you least expect it.

A loss in life puts us down. But we should learn to move on with the same vigour rather than continue to suffer in pain.

Patience is what we should keep when overcoming challenges.

We all know how COVID-19 hit us all unaware. The pandemic showed how life is impermanent.

We suffered huge losses. Events were postponed, our travel plans cancelled, the economy tanked, many lost jobs, and uncertainty reigned supreme.

Buddha taught Four Noble Truths. 

They can be more simply put as: 

1) suffering exists. 

2) suffering has a cause; 

3) suffering has an end; 

4) and suffering has a cause to bring about its end.

Buddhism and Hinduism share the doctrine that says “nothing lasts, everything is in a constant state of change”.

Even Taoism and Sufism teach the same thing. 

We can’t take our bodies with us and accepting the impermanence of all things brings us closer to our divine nature.

The impermanence of life refers to the ever-changing nature and eventual perishing of all things in our universe. Plants die. People die. The universe keeps disappearing into eternity.

Everything ends.

Our life is recycled into the universe. All stars burn out. The universe will one day fold up, come to a close, so nothing, regardless of how big or small, can escape an ending.

You don’t have much of a choice. There’s no pause button in life.

‘This should also pass’ – should be one’s motto in life.

You’re here for a moment, so you might as well enjoy the blink of an eye that you’re here.

And remember what Jim Rohn said, “You cannot change the destination of your life overnight, but you can change your direction”.