The more we practice sympathetic joy, the more we come to realize that the happiness we share with others is inseparable from our own happiness.
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If youâre reading these words, perhaps itâs because something has kicked open the door for you, and youâre ready to embrace change. It isnât enough to appreciate change from afar, or only in the abstract, or as something that can happen to other people but not to you. We need to create change for ourselves, in a workable way, as part of our everyday lives.
Seeking happiness is not the problem. The problem is that we often do not know where and how to find genuine happiness and so make the mistakes that cause suffering for ourselves & others.
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Even as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free.
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Sometimes people in abusive situations think theyâre responsible for the other personâs happiness or that theyâre going to fix them and make them feel better. The practice of equanimity teaches that itâs not all up to you to make someone else happy.
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You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
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The difference between a life laced through with frustration and one sustained by happiness depends on whether it is motivated by self-hatred or by real love for oneself.
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