This too shall pass
My previous life of being in AA/NA for nearly 20 years has really been on my mind lately.
Some of the little sayings have always been stuck in my head. I think part of that is that I started going to those meetings when I was 14. One helpful phrase that I have kept with me. Most of my life is, this too shall pass. In my studies of Buddhism and metaphysics, this has rang even more true. The waves of emotions will dissipate if we allow them to, this too shall pass. The intensity of how you feel will fade away when we let go, this too shall pass.
And one of the main themes in this is that, when we let go, when we loosen our grips on the past on our feelings, on everything, we open ourselves up for receiving. Because things can only pass by when we allow them to, when we let go and allow it to pass on by.
Nothing, absolutely nothing in life ever remain remains the same. It is the nature of life to remain in motion constantly. Even our earth is spinning around right now. So that heavy feeling, that pit in the bottom of your stomach, the deep wells of pain that rise up, they too will pass.
