Below are some excerpts from the Dhammapada taken from the book "The Heart of a Buddha" (tranlated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu) that I would like to share with you here.
WE ARE WHAT WE THINK
All that we are arises
with our thoughts.
With our thoughts
we make the world.
Do not dwell in the past.
Do not dream of the future.
Concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Even if everyone else
is not doing good,
I alone will.
Even if everyone else
is doing wrong
I alone will not.
Just as water cools both
good and bad
and washed away all
impurity and dust
in the same way you should
develop thoughts of love for
friend and foe alike,
and having reached
perfection in love,
you will attain enlightenment.
Everything changes,
nothing remains
without change.
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