"One of the most effective ways to..." - Quote by Dalai Lama
One of the most effective ways to overcome anxiety is to try to shift the focus of attention away from self and toward others.
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“Man sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.”
“Education is the way to achieve far-reaching results, it is the proper way to promote compassion and tolerance in society.”
“Whether we like it or not, we have all been born into this world as part of one great human family. Rich or poor, educated or uneducated, belonging to one nation or another, to one religion or another, adhering to this ideology or that, ultimately each of is just a human being like everyone else. We all desire happiness and do not want suffering.”
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“The voice in your head also creates a huge amount of problems that aren't really problems. They're just things that haven't happened yet, things that could happen tomorrow or next week. Listening to unreal problems has another name: worrying. That's what the voice in your head does. It what-ifs. It frets. It agonizes, and you can no longer sense the joy of life.”
“The muttered hint, "Remember, you have a stroke here," freezes my joints like a blast from Siberia.”
“WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES, it takes away today's PEACE.”
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“I give you my hand, I give you my love more precious than money, I give you myself before preaching or law; Will you give me yourself?”
“Elinor was to be the comforter of others in her own distresses, no less than in theirs; and all the comfort that could be given by assurances of her own composure of mind, and a very earnest vindication of Edward from every charge but of imprudence, was readily offered.”
“The fourth (of the four cardinal virtues) is supportiveness: this manifests as service to others without expectation of reward. (Paraphrased: Such service is not a mere conforming to some external rule of behavior, but instead a manifestation of your original nature).”