When You Think of Others' Happiness, Your Own Happiness Also Grows
All of us want to live happily. Everyone likes the word happiness, and it is also a wish deep in our hearts.
When we look quietly, we often feel happiness when someone treats us well or when we receive another person's warm action. If we examine that experience carefully, we can see where happiness grows.
In Buddhism, we speak of karma. When good karma accumulates, it becomes good virtue, and that virtue leads again to happiness. So to be happy, we need the habit of steadily making good karma.
It does not have to be something grand. Think about what you can do today for close family or the people around you, and practice small sharing, care, and good words every day.
When I first bring forth the mind that cares for others and helps them be happy, that wholesome karma eventually returns as my own happiness too. Today as well, choose one small good habit and practice it steadily.
All of us want to be happy. But happiness grows better when we first think of another person's happiness than when we look only at ourselves. If we practice good words, small help, sharing, and care every day, good karma accumulates and becomes virtue, making both ourselves and those around us happy together.
