We need to learn to manage our emotions and achieve inner peace. Our education should include an understanding of how to achieve peace of mind. Education should teach us how to live properly, how to balance our wish for physical comfort with mental comfort.
If you focus narrowly on the problem as you see it, you might well lose hope, but if you look at it from a wider perspective, it's easier to be more positive. When I decided to leave Tibet, we set out not knowing if we’d live to see the following day - but I never gave up hope.
L.A. restaurant owner makes emotional plea. Spends thousands to comply w/regulations. Must close down thanks to @GavinNewsom & @ericgarcetti
And right next to her... a movie company got an exemption.
This pisses me off.
Fundamentally human beings are the same. Imagine being lost in some remote place and suddenly seeing someone coming towards you over the horizon. You wouldn't care about their race, nationality or religious faith, you'd be filled with the joy of encountering another human being.
Remember when I told you to take Vitamin D right at the beginning of the shutdown?
Look at this... you are up to 50 percent less likely to get sick if you're taking it regularly:
https://t.co/m8fUkmHFHr
This analysis by Dr. Scott Atlas is CRITICAL and correct on every point. If accurate science were being used by the media instead of a hidden agenda, this is the message we should now be getting: https://t.co/GZ3ytYDg4h
Sometimes we feel we can’t do much by ourselves, but humanity is made up of individuals; we can make a difference. As individuals we can influence our own families. Our families can shape our communities and our communities form our nations. Together we can make a better world.
Tackling destructive emotions and practicing loving-kindness is how we should live in the here and now. I am convinced we can become happier individuals, happier communities and a happier humanity by cultivating a warm heart, allowing our better selves to prevail.