Notice that as you boil water in a kettle, the more you watch it and want

it to boil, the longer it seems to take. Similarly, if you want some

discomfort to end, the more you think and talk about it, the longer
discomfort seems to last, even if the experience linked with it, is over. In
addition, the more you desire pleasure or bliss to last, the more it seems
fleeting. Consider light offered by this Zen story...

There once was a Zen student, studying under a great master. The
student was restless and had troubles, especially meditation came really
hard to him. He went to his teacher and said:

“My meditation practice sucks. I am always distracted. Can’t concentrate.

My legs hurt. I keep thinking of all kinds of things, or just fall asleep. I
just can’t do it! It sucks!”
The master looked at him and said:
“It will pass.”
The student went back to his room, and kept on trying to meditate. A
week later, the student burst into his teacher’s room. He screamed:
“Wow! My meditation is so good now. I feel so in touch with myself. So
peaceful! It’s great!”
The master just sat there and replied:
“It will pass.”

This Zen story echoes the #truth of impermanence; nothing lasts.

Nothing can be held onto. When we don’t fully appreciate this simple but
profound point, we suffer. When we know and accept this, we access
lasting peace and understanding. Impermanence is inescapable and
some think its a painful fact of life. To understand impermanence
(mortality) at the deepest level, and to merge with it fully, is key to the
enlightened life. As consciousness expands, one is on the path and nature
of transformation deepens.
In truth, impermanence isn’t later; it’s now. Buddha said, “All
conditioned things have the nature of vanishing.” Right now, as they
appear before us, they have that nature. It’s not that something vanishes
in the future. Right now, everything is vanishing before our very eyes,
much like water that turns to steam as a kettle finally boils.

All conditioned things pass (away). Nothing remains as it was. The body
changes and weakens as it ages. In response to this, and to a life
experience, the mind changes. Thoughts seem to change but as
consciousness expands, beliefs go into awareness, energy vibration.

As Nisagardatta Maharaj reminds us,

"The real does not die, the unreal never lived.
Once you know that death happens to the body and not to you, you just
watch your body falling off like a discarded garment. The real you is
timeless and beyond birth and death. The body survives as long as it is
needed. It is not important that it should live long." (The lessons you
learn or wisdom gained is completely up to each soul)