A Buddhist Reminder to Live Fully

The Five Remembrances

Caitlin McColl
Mindful Mental Health
6 min readJan 10, 2022

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I’ve said it before, but I’m bringing it up again because I think it’s really important — the concept of impermanence, which can also be thought of as, yep, that cheery topic (cue sarcasm) death. It brings us back to the here and now. It snaps us into the present. It allows us to fully be present and not just sleepwalk through our lives as probably all of us do most of…

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Caitlin McColl
Mindful Mental Health

I write about mental health, the future, grief & loss, mindfulness, general life musings (+ fiction and poetry!). ❤️coffee & dogs. 🇨🇦