When you feel overwhelmed, you’re trying too hard. That kind of energy does not help the other person and it does not help you. You should not be too eager to help right away. There are two things: to be and to do. Don’t think too much about to do–to be is first. To be peace. To be joy. To be happiness. And then to do joy, to do happiness–on the basis of being. So first you have to focus on the practice of being. Being fresh. Being peaceful. Being attentive. Being generous. Being compassionate. This is the basic practice. It’s like if the other person is sitting at the foot of a tree. The tree does not do anything, but the tree is fresh and alive. When you are like that tree, sending out waves of freshness, you help to calm down the suffering in the other person. . Thich Nhat Hanh
Only a person who is motivated in the inner depths of his being will help without hesitation and with no obligation for the one helped.
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Eraldo Banovac
One day, I decided to help wherever I could & it was almost like magic, because I was exactly what the world needed everywhere I went.
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Brian Andreas
HELP! ”I race to the square, crossing it, looking all around, listening out-.. It’s empty. Viola’s breathing heavy in my arms .And Haven is empty. I reach the middle of the square. I don’t see nor hear a soul. I spin around again.“ H E...
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Patrick Ness
You can’t do everything for everyone, not even for yourself. It’s okay to ask for help when you need it.
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Scott Stabile
There are two types of knowledge. One is about what is right and wrong, what is helpful and harmful in this world, and the second is about the path to final Liberation (Moksha). The one who attains the knowledge about Moksha will indeed get the...
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Dada Bhagwan
More Quotes By Thich Nhat Hanh
Through my love for you, I want to express my love for the whole cosmos, the whole of humanity, and all beings. By living with you, I want to learn to love everyone and all species. If I succeed in loving you, I will be...
If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.
Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.
Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. Every breath we take, every step we take, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity. The question is whether or not we are in touch with it. We...
