The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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Time is not a camera, even as moments are frozen in my mind. Click! That rock face contains the history of one hundred million years. Click! My face contains the story of forty. Samsāra: the cycle of life, or is it the cycle of suffering? This morning I embrace my suffering, welcoming thoughts about my mistakes, mourning the losses. Why not own them? As if there was a choice in the matter. As if the details really meant something. Time is not the camera; I am.
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