"Smiling at someone can have significant health consequences."
- Sharon Salzberg
"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."
"When you recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you are building a bridge to a place of kindness and caring."
"Never feel ashamed of your longing for happiness."
"Clinging to our ideas of perfection isolates us from life and is a barrier."
"Sometimes people in abusive situations think they’re responsible for the other person’s happiness or that they’re going to fix them and make them feel better. The practice of equanimity teaches that i..."
"Even as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free."
"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 ..."
"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."
"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."