The cherry blossom falls after its short beautiful bloom. It floats gently down to earth. Its life is over, but the limitedness of its existence is one of the biggest reasons the blossom is so gorgeous. If we knew that the blossom would last forever, it wouldn’t have the same poignant beauty, and we’d take … Continue reading The Painful Beauty of Impermanence
Fleeting
Originally written in TACKED THOUGHTS for The Freeman by Nancy Unchuan Toledo Recently, I found a strand of stubborn white hair sticking out in the middle of my head. Gasp! How did that come to pass? I began this column when I was just out of college and about to face my second year of … Continue reading Fleeting
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