Compassion and Happiness
My friend Kenny sent me this today:
Dalai Lama (@DalaiLama)2/24/12 1:58 AM
If we seek happiness for ourselves, we should practice compassion: and if we seek happiness for others, we should also practice compassion.
It's hard to have compassion for someone you dislike - and why should you? It's hard to have compassion for someone you don't know - and why should you? It's hard to have compassion for yourself if you don't think you're good enough - and why should you?
The answer is simple - happiness! Not their happiness - your happiness! When you ask a question: "why should I." I would say: "why not." What is the alternative? The answer is holding a grudge, pissed off, angry, indifference and depression. If you think those alternatives will make you happier - YOU'RE NUTS!!!
Telling someone you feel bad about their situation, is not compassion. Feeling sad inside about what you or others are going through, is not compassion. The reason I say this is because those two things are negative energy. Negative energy does not create compassion.
Compassion is forgiving someone who has done you wrong. Compassion is getting involved in bad things that are happening to people you don't know. For example, feeling sad about people you know or don't know that have cancer is not compassion. Getting involved in doing what you can to rid this world of this horrible disease is compassion.
Forgiving yourself for the mistakes you made, is compassion. Loving yourself just the way you are, is compassion. Loving others just the way they are, is compassion. Giving someone your positive energy, is compassion.
How can you have compassion for someone who hates you? It's easy, don't hate them back. If you really want to make them crazy, show them compassion instead of indifference or throwing a negative energy snow ball back at them. How can you have compassion for someone who has made your life miserable? It's easy, love them instead of hate them and move on with your life by doing the things that makes you happy.
Please believe me (because I've lived it) loving will help you move on to a happier life faster than holding on to that negative bone for the rest of your life. Have compassion for them and yourself. Do it for you - you deserve it.
The answer is simple - happiness! Not their happiness - your happiness! When you ask a question: "why should I." I would say: "why not." What is the alternative? The answer is holding a grudge, pissed off, angry, indifference and depression. If you think those alternatives will make you happier - YOU'RE NUTS!!!
Telling someone you feel bad about their situation, is not compassion. Feeling sad inside about what you or others are going through, is not compassion. The reason I say this is because those two things are negative energy. Negative energy does not create compassion.
Compassion is forgiving someone who has done you wrong. Compassion is getting involved in bad things that are happening to people you don't know. For example, feeling sad about people you know or don't know that have cancer is not compassion. Getting involved in doing what you can to rid this world of this horrible disease is compassion.
Forgiving yourself for the mistakes you made, is compassion. Loving yourself just the way you are, is compassion. Loving others just the way they are, is compassion. Giving someone your positive energy, is compassion.
How can you have compassion for someone who hates you? It's easy, don't hate them back. If you really want to make them crazy, show them compassion instead of indifference or throwing a negative energy snow ball back at them. How can you have compassion for someone who has made your life miserable? It's easy, love them instead of hate them and move on with your life by doing the things that makes you happy.
Please believe me (because I've lived it) loving will help you move on to a happier life faster than holding on to that negative bone for the rest of your life. Have compassion for them and yourself. Do it for you - you deserve it.
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