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The Glass Is Already Broken: A Meditation on Impermanence

In my first conversation with Dennis, he shares his story with me. He describes how he had gotten his diagnosis of Stage IV lung cancer and was given a prognosis of two months. This was five years ago. Now he is hospitalized with pneumonia, and we are having this conversation at the bedside. “So this,” he explains as he gestures to his hospital bed, “is not where I want to be... but this is all bonus time!” He sounds almost joyful. As we continue talking, I reflect on a teaching from Thai meditation master Ajahn Chah, as shared by American psychotherapist Mark Epstein. When Epstein asks Ajahn Chah what suffering has to teach us, he responds by motioning to the water glass by his side: