Right thinking is the thinking that goes along with understanding, compassion, and insight.

it is important to take care of the them and do things that move the energy around in some kind of regular physical exercise, like tai chi or qigong, to help your body to heal. Parallax Press, a nonprofit organization, publishes books on engaged Buddhism and the practice of mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh and other authors.

“I will suffer, because I know that suffering like this, I will learn and it will do me good.” It’s like eating bitter melon. We’re not afraid. We know that the bitter melon is helping us.

happiness can only be recognized against the

Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you. The wounded child in you needs you. Your suffering needs you to acknowledge it. Go home and be there for all these things. Practice mindful walking and mindful breathing. Do everything in mindfulness so you can really be there, so you can love

Once we adopt that style of living, we become a happy person right away.

Our suffering, our depression also need food to survive. If our depression refuses to go away, it’s because we keep feeding it daily. We can look deeply into the source of nutrition that is feeding our suffering.

“My dear young brother, my dear young sister, you should know that we have grown up. We can protect and defend ourselves now.”

when we’re embracing the wounded child in us, we’re embracing all the wounded children of our past generations.