The key to a happier life is being in a constant state of change and acceptance, mom
Impermanence does not mean insignificance, mom
show me a permanent state of the self, mom
it IS a phase, mom
the enlightenment of growing from infancy to toddlerhood is learning object permanence, but enlightenment beyond toddlerhood is learning that object permanence is actually bullshit and nothing was ever permanent, and you haven’t got there yet, mom
not only do you actually have no good reason to be certain that something you’re no longer looking at still exists– you cannot even safely make that assumption about things that you are currently seeing. or think that you are seeing. case in point: my gender presentation. Mom.