“Contemplating impermanence can be a liberating experience, one that brings both sobriety and joy.  In essence, we become less attached.  We realize we can’t really have anything.  We have money and then it’s gone; we have sadness and then it’s gone. No matter how we want to cling to our loved ones, by nature every relationship is a meeting and parting.  This doesn’t mean we have less love.  It means we have less fixation, less pain.  It means we have more freedom and appreciation, because we can relax into the ebb and flow of life.” ~ Sakyong Mipham, Turning the Mind Into An Ally (Page 150)