“Everything dies and changes, even radiators”

The above is a quote from “The Way of the peace­ful war­rior”, an insight­ful tale of self-discovery by Dan Mill­man. Taken at face value, it makes you reflect on the con­stant change that rep­re­sent our lives. ince every­thing dies and changes, noth­ing that makes us happy (or sad) will be there forever.

The per­son that looks at the world through rose colour glasses will know that noth­ing that makes her sad will last for­ever, and con­tin­u­ously looks for a rea­son to change her state of mind into a hap­pier one.

And the per­son that looks at the world through dark coloured glasses will focus on the fact that noth­ing that may be mak­ing him happy will last for­ever, cre­at­ing a state of anx­i­ety in antic­i­pa­tion of the moment when his cur­rent hap­pi­ness will disappear.

We all alter­nate the colour of our glasses with some fre­quency; the impor­tant ques­tion is how much of a choice do we have in which glasses we wear today?

Tagged as: Dan Millman, Life skills