Impermanence As A Clarifier

Every contemplative tradition keeps a place for the fact that things end — not to darken life but to focus it. There's a real difference between morbid dwelling, which loops on fear and takes energy away from living, and clear-eyed remembering, which quietly reorders a day. Impermanence used well works like a lens: nothing about the scene changes, but what matters in it suddenly stands out from what doesn't.