According to Buddha

At times life seems to be a cruel game. The only justification for it is that in reality it is only a dream. That is why there are so many differences in the world. Some people are poor, some are rich, some healthy, some sick, and so on. You have had many experiences through many incarnations and you will have others in future incarnations, but they should not frighten you. You must play all parts in the motion picture of life, inwardly saying: ‘I am Spirit.’ This is the great consolation that wisdom gives us.

there’s a hippopotamus, a hippopotamus, a hippopotamus in my pool
a hippopotamus
a hippopotamus
a hippopotamus in my pool
how did it get there? how did it get there? how did it get there?
i don’t know
how did it get there? how did it get there? how did it get there?
i don’t know

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Hippopotamus, Calgary Zoo ~ October 2017