This is posted from the "Today's Hope" site of Alanon.
DAILY SLOGAN/SAYING: We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.
- Dalai Lama
DAILY REFLECTION: Happiness A man once told Buddha, "I want happiness." The Buddha replied, ‘First remove the “I”; that is ego. Then remove the “want”; that is desire. And now all you are left with is Happiness.
- Anonymous
This reminds me that happiness is always a choice. The only things standing between me and happiness is my ego and the tendency to want to control my surroundings. Rather than deciding that the only way I can be happy is if I get my way, I can instead decide that I would rather be happy than right. While pain is inevitable, happiness, like suffering, is my choice.
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