Happiness is Practice, Not Pleasure

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June 19, 2019 a project of ServiceSpace If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. - Dalai Lama - Happiness is Practice, Not Pleasure Put aside your preconceptions of happiness and join Krista Tippett with French born Tibetan monk Matthieu Ricard, author of Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill. Ricard reframes happiness as not simply a pleasure or sensation to be experienced, but as a skill to be practiced and cultivated. He asks, "What are the inner conditions that foster a genuine sense of flourishing, of fulfillment?" { read more } Be The Change Our thoughts come and go - what is one thing you could practice - to cultivate the thoughts that lead to happiness? What are the thoughts that lead to happiness? { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News One Teacher's Brilliant response to Columbine Turning Rain, Ice and Trees into Ephemeral Works To Keep Company With Oneself Children, Anger Control and Inuit Wisdom How to Be Yourself Mary Oliver: Instructions for Living A Life Mark Nepo: Where To Now? 5 Core Practices for More Meaningful Conversations DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 245,129 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More