Impermanence and the Skunk

I get that nothing lasts forever. That’s an easy to understand. Shit breaks. Gotcha. But…what exactly am I supposed to do with the concept of impermanence in a spiritual sense? I think it’s supposed to help me in my pursuit of further enlightenment, but all it has really done is given me a headache.

The “I” that I think I am is really just an ego that is experienced by the consciousness that is the true “I.” My consciousness is a piece of the source manifested in this physical body. It will return to the source once this body has expired. The false “I,” the ego, will cease to exist, and it will be as if it never existed.

Or something like that. I don’t know. All I know is that a skunk started visiting my yard a few weeks ago. I wonder if that really does have anything to do with walking the talk.