Be kind to yourself

A-chan, a daughter of my close friend, came from Kawasaki for an overnight stay. She brought me a book written by a female monk. Actually it's her talk transcribed into a book. I'll translate some sentences that I liked.

Us sent into this world to be here means that we are making somebody happy by just being us. To make someone happy, we ourselves have to be happy. When we stand near someone who is happy, we feel the warmth as if it's reflected on us.

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You should love yourself. Even though you don't like your flat nose and small eyes, they belong to you and you are the only one who exist in this world. You need to praise yourself to be surviving with those!

She is talking to people with lots of humour obviously. Yes humour is another hint to make our lives more cheerful.

posted by Edera