I really appreciate your candor in this essay, Parker. So many coaches front like it's all good times. It's so unreal.
What's funny about how we know hard times pass is that we live in an incongruous denial that the good times do too. One of my favorite moves is to look at someone enjoying a really good time and express this sentiment: "This is fun, right? But don't worry. This too shall pass."
You can tell a lot about a person by how they respond.
It's all passing. Our belief that we can attach ourselves to any of it is why we suffer. We just notice it more when the hard times are passing. Neither good times nor bad times are permanent, and none of it is self.
Thanks Damon. Ya know, I don't identify as a Buddhist necessarily, but I was very attracted to Buddhism many years ago when I learned about the 4 Noble Truths and became more familiar with the concept of impermanence. It has been the gift that keeps on giving!
Funny, I don't either. I don't even identify as a secular Buddhist.
IMO, any true Buddhist would deny their Buddhism anyway.
Warning: Opinions ahead - One needn't engage the suttas (religious texts of Buddhism) to grasp what's most valuable about the teaching. One also needn't buy the T-shirt. There's so much depth to be known from simply developing a practice of noticing... like the very thing we do as coaches.
I really appreciate your candor in this essay, Parker. So many coaches front like it's all good times. It's so unreal.
What's funny about how we know hard times pass is that we live in an incongruous denial that the good times do too. One of my favorite moves is to look at someone enjoying a really good time and express this sentiment: "This is fun, right? But don't worry. This too shall pass."
You can tell a lot about a person by how they respond.
It's all passing. Our belief that we can attach ourselves to any of it is why we suffer. We just notice it more when the hard times are passing. Neither good times nor bad times are permanent, and none of it is self.
Thanks Damon. Ya know, I don't identify as a Buddhist necessarily, but I was very attracted to Buddhism many years ago when I learned about the 4 Noble Truths and became more familiar with the concept of impermanence. It has been the gift that keeps on giving!
Funny, I don't either. I don't even identify as a secular Buddhist.
IMO, any true Buddhist would deny their Buddhism anyway.
Warning: Opinions ahead - One needn't engage the suttas (religious texts of Buddhism) to grasp what's most valuable about the teaching. One also needn't buy the T-shirt. There's so much depth to be known from simply developing a practice of noticing... like the very thing we do as coaches.