Countercultural

In light of the first of the Four Noble Truths (Life is suffering), shouldn’t birth be swaddled in sorrow and death elicit a sober joy?

Death is the opposite of birth, not Life. Life has no opposite.

Birth

What seems like a bad thing is humus for a good thing. A tree is first of all the total destruction of a seed.

The gift of sickness

The gift of sickness is an appreciation for the sweetness of health.