https://margiewarrell.com/the-illusion-of-permanence/ Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:59:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://margiewarrell.com/the-illusion-of-permanence/#comment-1819 Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:59:30 +0000 https://margiewarrell.com/?p=236516#comment-1819 Margie Every blessing for the New Year 2026 to you and your loved ones.
I know this comes from my catholic perspectives, but it relates to the topic that you wrote about our clinging to the false concepts of “permanency” with our earthly existence.
Yesterday the priest on his little sermon challenged his small congregation what ” we should dying daily to ourselves”and so we will be prepared to actually die and let go, when our actual death comes a knocking.
I am now 75 ,years and in reality my measuring tap is longer looking back into the future.
As I just read your post ,I just happen to be reading an AA “bible” book and the theme over and over again from the testimonials is “surrendering to a High Power” .Whom I know is God and Jesus is the go between God and humanity.
In Victoria Australia,the sad stories of total loss of farms and small country townships ,through the bushfires has been coming out.Thankfully with hardly any loss of lives ,yet seeing grown tough men crying over their total material loss ( which is a natural reaction) just reminds me that the advice of “surrendering ” to God and dying to ourselves is great advice .Doing this daily exercise mitigates that “fear” which so often creeps into our lives.We think we that “terra firma” like those piramids are permanent,yet we are just pilgrims on a journey and our true home , hopefully is an Eternity in Heaven.( The other alternative is rather too 🔥 hot!
Your idea of Living bravely is the antidote of living in fear.

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