There's no way to get through a life without difficulties. To be able to do it with grace, kindness, and generosity of spirit—with a heart that reaches out and joins other people either in actual physical company or in wishing them well—that’s what it’s about. We are working on habituating our minds to kindness. Because in a life that's inevitably challenging for everybody in it, meeting it with kindness is the most comfortable way to be in the world, for oneself and for everyone else with whom one interacts. This is the antidote to the difficulties that life brings with it.
