What happens?

What do we take with us when we leave this life?
Can you take your house? Your car? Your money?

The simple answer is no.

What happens after we die?
 Is it the end or does our existence go on somewhere else in a different form?

Maybe the only thing we can take with us is the knowledge we have gained throughout the journey of our life.

Material objects are all around us and I understand that they are part of life but do we really need so much clutter in our lives?

Surely filling ourselves with knowledge and understanding is more beneficial to our existance.

Dwarf's house Durham river banks

Durham Cathedral and river banks

Quote

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water,

yet nothing can resist it.

(Lao Tzu)

Empty actions

Charitable deeds are not meant to be a public performance.

If you display compassion in order to show others your virtue,

then your actions are empty of meaning.

No matter how much you give to the poor, if you are doing it 

only to impress others, it is not charity.

(Seven Taoist Masters)

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Durham