Quotes to motivate & inspire you.
Below are some of my favorite quotes by The Dali Lama
"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."
Think about it. Everyone of us will have to go through some painful experience at some time in our lives. There is no way to escape that inevitability. Pain can come in many forms, such as the death of a loved one, financial hardships, health problems, war, famine, divorce, rejection and so on. But we don't have to suffer. We can feel the pain momentarily, mourn what we lost, learn the lessons that the pain has come to teach us and move on wiser and more compassionate. Yet there are people who remain stuck in the past, bound to some tragic event that they refuse to let go of. I think that's what the Dali Lama meant when he said that suffering is optional. Many of us are guilty of replaying an unfortunate incident over and over in our minds long after it has happened. You wouldn't watch a movie you hate over and over again, would you? So why do you keep replaying mental horror movies in your mind?
The Dali Lama is listed as expert no 4 in Top 101 Experts
"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."
Think about it. Everyone of us will have to go through some painful experience at some time in our lives. There is no way to escape that inevitability. Pain can come in many forms, such as the death of a loved one, financial hardships, health problems, war, famine, divorce, rejection and so on. But we don't have to suffer. We can feel the pain momentarily, mourn what we lost, learn the lessons that the pain has come to teach us and move on wiser and more compassionate. Yet there are people who remain stuck in the past, bound to some tragic event that they refuse to let go of. I think that's what the Dali Lama meant when he said that suffering is optional. Many of us are guilty of replaying an unfortunate incident over and over in our minds long after it has happened. You wouldn't watch a movie you hate over and over again, would you? So why do you keep replaying mental horror movies in your mind?
The Dali Lama is listed as expert no 4 in Top 101 Experts
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