On Parenting as an Act of Bravery, and as an Act of Contrition
It takes courage to summon a new human into the world.Anyone who reflects on the human condition can’t help but see the dissatisfaction that lurks behind every decision. There’s a reason that “existence is pain” constitutes the first of the Four Ennobling Truths of Buddhism.If you come to love something, you will eventually lose it. And if you dislike something, you dwell in its suckage. Either way, no happiness exists between the poles of craving and aversion.And yet.Birthing a child is a profo...