You’re already hopelessly ensnared in the only life you’ll ever get. (My life lacks a 70ft yacht, but this causes me no suffering, because I never imagined I’d have one.) So it’s easy to overlook that hidden behind all this smug certainty is a poignant insecurity, and the naked 3am terror of regret.” Much of the time, when it comes to building a meaningful life, you’re flying blind. The basic situation, Buddha famously said, is that life is suffering. It has been argued that Buddha’s observation that “life is suffering” might be more accurately translated as something like “life is bothersome”.

Source: The Guardian January 12, 2019 09:00 UTC