It is awareness of both our shared pain and our longing for happiness that links us to other people and helps us to turn toward them with compassion.
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When you recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you are building a bridge to a place of kindness and caring.
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Buddhism has a term for the happiness we feel at someone else’s success or good fortune. Sympathetic joy, as it is known, invites us to celebrate for others.
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The more we identify and acknowledge moments when we’re unable to share in someone else’s pleasure and ask ourselves whether another person’s happiness truly jeopardizes our own, the more we pave the way for experiencing sympathetic joy
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For any marginalized group to change the story that society tells about them takes courage and perseverance.
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The unconscious mind is a vast repository of experiences and associations that sorts things out much faster than the slow-moving conscious mind.
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The practice of sympathetic joy is rooted in inner development. It’s not a matter of learning techniques to “make friends and influence people.” Instead, we build the foundations of our own happiness. When our own cup is full, we more easily share it with others.
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