To celebrate someone else’s life, we need to find a way to look at it straight on, not from above with judgment or from below with envy.

Sharon Salzberg
To celebrate someone else’s life, we need to find a...
To celebrate someone else’s life, we need to find a...
To celebrate someone else’s life, we need to find a...
To celebrate someone else’s life, we need to find a...
About This Quote

Being a friend is a privilege, not a right. It does not mean that you have a right to dictate or control the other person. Some people take this privilege for granted and think they own the other person. If you are one of these people, it is time to give up this silly notion.

The part of friendship that should be valued is when someone else’s life is celebrated. In society today, we tend to look at life from both above and below. We see it from above and judge it based on our expectations and then we think we own that person since we were once there.

This way of thinking is wrong and we should never treat others this way.

Source: Real Love: The Art Of Mindful Connection

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