Haemin Sunim

The world has never complained about how busy it is.

When your mind is joyful and compassionate, the world is, too. When your mind is filled with negative thoughts, the world appears negative, too.

We feel unhappy not just because something bad has happened,

but also because of the swirling thoughts about what happened.

don’t grab hold of it and turn it over and over.

as long as you don’t feed it by dwelling on it.

Awareness is inherently pure, like the open sky.

As your thoughts quiet, so, too, the memories.

Because memories are, in essence, thoughts.

May my friends and acquaintances be loved and protected!”

“May my friends and acquaintances be loved and protected!”

I felt the pain of loneliness and anxiety, as if I had been left out in a field to fend for myself.