As human beings we are subject to continual changes in life. The Taoists spoke about the ten thousand sorrows and the ten thousand joys. Joy turns to sorrow.
Sorrow turns to joy.
No one is exempt. Equanimity is the liberating quality that allows us to keep our hearts open and balanced, quiet and steady, in the midst of all these changes. The cultivation of equanimity involves looking deeply at our relationship to these eight conditions in life. The first set of worldly dhamma s is praise and blame . We may discover that we push praise away automatically, because of discomfort, or that we take it in too much and find ourselves dependent on receiving more.