We have a bias to preserving what we have rather than gambling to obtain more. Accept the gift of this life. Eternity is not for us. Accept change. Don’t hang on to synapses strengthened by habitual use — experiment with creating new ones, no matter how difficult it is.

We are impermanent, like sparks or raindrops. We are bits of fire and bits of water, but not the whole fire, or the ocean. Accept that. Be a link in a chain through time, of generations and ideas. Let go of immortal soul. We are part of the flow of Tao. Regard it as a blessing to live at all. Think how improbable that was a priori. It could have been otherwise. The odds were immensely against it. It is a pure gift of Grace. How DARE we ask for more.