Yet another belief: Happiness will come if you manage to change the situation you are in and the people around you. Not true. You stupidly squander so much energy trying to rearrange the world. If changing the world is your vocation in life, go right ahead and change it, but do not harbor the illusion that this is going to make you happy. What

AND IF ANYONE WOULD SUE YOU AND TAKE YOUR COAT, LET HIM HAVE YOUR CLOAK AS WELL; AND IF ANYONE FORCES YOU TO GO ONE MILE, GO WITH HIM TWO MILES. —MATTHEW 5:40–41

The fourth and most important step: Sit down quietly and observe how your mind functions. There is a steady flow of thoughts and feelings and reactions there.

The first truth: You must choose between your attachment and happiness.

WHEN YOU GIVE ALMS, DO NOT LET YOUR LEFT HAND KNOW WHAT YOUR RIGHT HAND IS DOING. —MATTHEW 6:3

NO STONE WILL BE LEFT

ONE TEACHER

“TEACHER,” THEY SAID, “WE KNOW THAT YOU SPEAK AND TEACH RIGHTLY, AND SHOW NO PARTIALITY.” —LUKE 20:21

IF ANYONE COMES TO ME AND DOES NOT HATE HIS OWN FATHER AND MOTHER AND WIFE AND CHILDREN AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS, YES, AND EVEN HIS OWN LIFE, HE CANNOT BE MY DISCIPLE. —LUKE 14:26