Sometimes I really get deep into thinking about the nuances of life and the several phases and aspects of it that a person experiences from birth till death. One of the major ones is what is the meaning of life when death is inevitable but that is a discussion for some other day. Today, I want to talk about something else.

Today I want to talk about how you are a traveller and the things and people that come into your life at various points in time are simply like tourists as you make your way towards the final destination. In other words, almost everything is temporary in life and this realization is a huge one if you think about it.

You may have heard people say that you shouldn’t get too attached to things or people or even circumstances and it totally makes sense why they would say so. Since most things are temporary, being too attached to them would only take a huge emotional toll on you when they inevitably go away.

This Too Shall Pass

This is another saying that I have heard many times and I think now I finally understand it completely. There are good times in life and there are bad times in life. We have all had both and this is simply how life functions. So, whether you are going through some great times or some rough ones, this sentences holds true.

So, as you can see, even the good and bad times are temporary. The same goes for things. Just try to go back to when you were a child and all the things you had. You probably don’t have most of the things from that time. Similarly, all the things we acquire in the present, won’t be there in a more distant future.

Finally, we also make lots and lots of friends since our childhood, and most of them take their own roads somewhere down the line. Even they are temporary. The same also goes for your relationships where sometimes people are literally like tourists in your life. They come, they stay and then they leave.

Why You Need To Realize This

So, realizing the temporary nature of things is important because then it teaches you to not get too attached to anything in your life. Not to people, not to things and not to situations. It helps you become more adaptive and sort of liberates you where you don’t feel the need to clutch everything so tightly.

Ultimately life doesn’t have a meaning anyways. On the timescale of the universe, our short human lives are just a flashing moment and all the things that we overthink and cry over are ultimately, meaningless in the grand scheme of things. If you are able to realize this much, you are already on your way towards liberation.

So, live your life freely but that doesn’t mean you stop loving people or things. You have to still do that because without that, I don’t think we can be called human beings. But in your heart, know that nothing lasts permanently. So, enjoy everything while they last :)