The Book of Joy

by Dalai Lama XIV

Suffering is inevitable, they said, but how we respond to that suffering is our choice.

To tease someone is a sign of intimacy and friendship, to know that there is a reservoir of affection from which we all drink as funny and flawed humans.

“If something can be done about the situation, what need is there for dejection? And if nothing can be done about it, what use is there for being dejected?”