Perfection is fragile; interacting with something that seems perfect puts it in peril.

by piclry · July 29, 2019

Perfection is fragile; interacting with something that seems perfect puts

Even as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free.

it in peril. : Sharon Salzberg

Buddhism has a term for the happiness we feel at someone else’s success or good fortune. Sympathetic joy, as it is known, invites us to celebrate for others.

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