Happiness is not a state of rich material possession, that’s something we have more or less agreed.
If not a state of material possession, is it a state of mind?
Yes, it is.
Does it last? No, it’s not.
Tag: thich nhat hanh
You and I: The 3 levels of Connection
There are many ways in which You and I are different. It’s easy to see the differences, anyway. But sometimes this obstructs us from seeing that we’re all human beings, with more or less the same kind of desires and aspirations, and are all subjected to many similar experiences including illness and death (and we have just witnessed the passing of a great designer and visionary in technology). We know this all very well, to the degree that we’ve taken our similarities for granted so as to put more attention to the differences. I am.. and You are…
Now, the first level of connection that I’d like to suggest is something simple, something you may have heard many times before, but something I still find astonishingly profound:
If I had been You, I would have done it the same.