It's all in vain, but awareness

Everything changes over time, nothing stays the same. What you thought was important and critical one day becomes old news within a week. We worry, argue and fret over the simplest of things and in the end it seems nothing matters. Goals are achieved and then lose their value. Medals are won at sporting events and over time their memory fades. You strive to be a better you only to realize that the old you is still there. Nothing in this world that the mind can perceive lasts and what exists is impermanent. It is hopeless to expect fulfillment if you live in the mind only. It is only through awareness that you can become conscious of that which lasts. It is only through awareness that you will know that which is true.