have you given up all hope, page-22

"life sucks"
(you forgot the "then you die" bit)

that is true
but there is different levels of suckfulness
some days are not so suckful
i think there are two contributiong factors, the personal responsibility factor and the shirt happens environmental factor
we got a text last night saying someone died in a car crash
walked throuh a cemetery a while back and can see that death is no respector of age; neither is suffering.
strong attachment = strong aversion
it is hard to tackle the things we are averse to, so we should work on letting go of the craving for the things that give us impermanent pleasure.
then the life sucks, and the dying bit, won't be so much of a problem.

it's actually quite a uniquie opportunity, seldom realized.