"So The Question Is Whether We ...

"So the question is whether we are practicing loving ourselves? Because loving ourselves means loving our community. When we are capable of loving ourselves, nourishing ourselves properly, not intoxicating ourselves, we are already protecting and nourishing society. Because in the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change. We may not have done anything but when we are relaxed, when we are peaceful, when we are able to smile and not to be violent in the way we look at the system, at that moment there is a change already in the world." (Building a Community of Love: bell hooks and Thich Nhat Hanh) Thankyou Prachi for sharing this. More : http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1844&Itemid=0&limit=1&limitstart=0