HEART OF BUDDHISM

You may not be suffering at this moment, but you have suffered in the past and you will suffer in the future.  The suffering may be major or it may be minor.  It may be intermittent or it may be constant.  But one thing is certain:  you will not escape it.

Be aware that everyone, from your parents to your siblings to your Aunt Tilly and Uncle Charley to your coworkers to your spouse to Steve your barber or Shirley your hairdresser to the presidents of the country, and of all countries, to the Pope and all his cardinals, is suffering.  Do not say that you do not relate to their suffering, because you do.