There are many types of meditation available out there, but as far as I can tell, most of them teach us to be present with ourselves, while understanding that everything in life is ephemeral, hence the title of this post, shamelessly borrowed from S.N. Goenka. In other words, none of the things we might expect to exist or happen tomorrow have any guarantee attached to it.
Pain eventually goes away, even the worst kind (I've personally experienced chronic debilitating pain for 3 years before it vanished one day without warning). It may take years, but it does pass. Same with things we commonly see as positive. Riches disappear, so do good feelings and even people. After all, we're all going to die.
This has been described as Hedonic Adaptation. A theorem positing that after negative or positive events, our level of happiness eventually returns to normal. An amputee may feel really shitty right after losing a limb, but studies show that after some time, they return to their baseline and end just as happy as the "normal" guy who still possesses all his limbs. That's also why lottery winners very often end up spending all their winnings and not any happier than they were before and oftentimes even worse off.
The good news is that as bad as we may feel about the current situation, and god knows how bummed out everyone seems to be right now, it's only a matter of time before we mentally adapt to our new situation (I will spare you using the overused truism "new normal") and find new ways to be content with what we have.
Just be patient and gentle with yourself, while kind to others.
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