Wheel of suffering

I feel like I'm aging faster lately. Like life's complications are weighing on me a little more.

Maybe there are actually more challenges lately or maybe I'm not taking good enough care of myself. Feels like there aren't enough hours in the day or the week to do all the recommended self care regimens and still make time for all the other stuff. Other stuff like kids and parents and friends and work and community.

But then you look at it from a different angle and think;

I'm not *actually* that busy and I have it pretty good compared to a lot of folks.

But maybe that's just the human condition? We have these oversized brains and they allow us to imagine how things might be better, and they give us the ingenuity to work towards that better.

Unfortunately, once we get to the better, we start imagining again. Maybe that's the wheel of suffering by another name? Probably should go sit and meditate and notice what is, including the desire for things to be something else.

walk

And if you are not that ambitious (like me) there is the pressure of society and the expectations of others....

ropocl

I'm not particularly ambitious myself, but I would assume that even with ambition comes doubts about your motivations, etc.

All that said, one of the small pleasures I do appreciate is sharing small interactions like this "in my local pub". So thanks for the reply. *cheers*