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Dec 10 2024
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Book Name: Book of Joy

Author:  Archbishop Desmond Tutu

& Dalai Lama

Quote: Meditative practice allows us to quiet the distracting thoughts and feelings so that we can perceive reality, and respond to it more skillfully. The ability to be present in each moment is nothing more and nothing less than the ability to accept the vulnerability, discomfort, and anxiety of everyday life.

From The Book of Joy

Nov 10 2024
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Book Name: Book of Joy

Author:  Archbishop Desmond Tutu

& Dalai Lama

Quote: Joy is the reward, really, of seeking to give joy to others. When you show compassion, when you show caring, when you show love to others, do things for others, in a wonderful way you have a deep joy that you can get in no other way. You can’t buy it with money. You can be the richest person on Earth, but if you care only about yourself, I can bet my bottom dollar you will not be happy and joyful. But when you are caring, compassionate, more concerned about the welfare of others than about your own, wonderfully, wonderfully, you suddenly feel a warm glow in your heart, because you have, in fact, wiped the tears from the eyes of another.

From the Book of Joy

Sep 10 2024
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Book Name: Book of Joy

Author:  Archbishop Desmond Tutu

& Dalai Lama

Quote: Think about it this way. If your health is strong, when viruses come they will not make you sick. If your overall health is weak, even small viruses will be very dangerous for you. Similarly, if your mental health is sound, then the disturbances come, you will have some distress but recover quicker. If your mental health is not good, then small disturbances, small problems will cause you much pain and suffering. you will have much fear and worry, much sadness and despair, much anger and aggravation.

From The Book of Joy

Aug 10 2024
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Book Name: Book of Joy

Author:  Archbishop Desmond Tutu

& Dalai Lama

Quote: Discovering more joy does not, I’m sorry to say, save us from the inevitability of hardships and heartbreaks. In fact, we may cry more easily, but we will laugh more easily too. Perhaps we are just more alive. Yet as we discover more joy, we can face suffering in a way that ennobles rather than embitters. We have hardship without becoming hard. We have heartbreak without being broken.

From The Book of Joy

Jul 10 2024
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Book Name: Book of Joy

Author:  Archbishop Desmond Tutu

& Dalai Lama

Quote: Forgiveness does not mean you forget what someone has done, contrary to the saying “forgive and forget”. Not reacting with negativity, or giving in to the negative emotions, does not mean you do not respond to the acts or that you allow yourself to be harmed again. Forgiveness does not mean that you do not seek justice or that the perpetrator is not punished.

From The Book of Joy

Mar 10 2024
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Book Name: Book of Joy

Author:  Archbishop Desmond Tutu

& Dalai Lama

Quote: We create most of our suffering, so it should be logical that we also have the ability to create more joy. It simply depends on the attitudes, the prespectives, and the reactions we bring to situations and to our relationships with other people. When it comes to personal happiness there is a lot that we as individuals can do.

From The Book of Joy