Starfish constantly move about a tide pool, but we do not see their progress because it is so slow. They are like five-pointed rocks to us. And yet, they have a life, and that life comes to an end.
Trees never move from the place they were planted, and yet they can reforest a mountainside if left unmolested for a few generations. To us, they are like giants sleeping on their feet. And yet, they have a life, and that life comes to an end.
Mountains are heavy, solid, mute, and immovable, but every storm carries away another layer of skin. To us, they are eternal. We cannot imagine them melting away over time. And yet, they have a life, and that life comes to an end.
Every impermanent thing is aware of its impending demise, whether we realize it or not.
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