Fire

There was a fire in my neighborhood recently. The house was destroyed. In the morning, it was there. In the evening, it was a burned out shell, vacated by its owners. Five lives irreversibly and swiftly changed. This is life. Fire is accelerated oxidation. We and everything around us are being oxidized to dust. It is simply the way of existence. Never let the knowledge of your own demise leave your mind. This is a basic precept of practice.