Sympathetic joy is a practice. It takes time and effort to free ourselves of the scarcity story that most of us have learned along the way, the idea that happiness is a competition, and that someone else is grabbing all the joy.
Weitere Zitate von Sharon Salzberg
Zum Autor"Keeping secrets is a consequential act for all involved."
"What we learn in meditation, we can apply to all other realms of our lives."
"Pain & suffering requires time, awareness, and an intentional practice of self-love to disentangle."
"Self-love is an unfolding process that gains strength over time, not a goal with a fixed end point."
"In order to do anything about the suffering of the world we must have the strength to face it without turning away."
"At times, reality is love’s great challenge. When our old stories and dreams are shattered, our first instinct may be to resist, deny, or cling to the way things were. But if we loosen our grip, often what fills the space is a tender forgiveness and the potential for a new and different kind of love."