My top 11 points I will take away from ” The Book of Joy” – His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams
1. No dark fate determines our future. We do. The true source of happiness is within us.
2. Lasting happiness resides in the human mind and heart.
3. Joy is our birthright, it is more fundamental than happiness. Joy is bigger than happiness.
4. How we choose to act each day is what matters.
5. A self-centered attitude is the source of all problems.
6. We are fragile creatures and it is from this weakness that we discover the possibility of true joy.
7. Discovering more joy does not save us from the inevitable hardships and heartbreak.
8. The purpose of life is to find happiness and the ultimate source of happiness is within us.
9. Pay more attention to the mental level of joy – not the physical level.
10. Nothing beautiful comes without suffering. The same as there is no light without darkness …
11. Worrying is pointless.
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