I hesitate to name anyone as ‘one of my heroes’ because so many of our heroes turn out to have feet of clay, but I will say that I really believe Timber Hawkeye has some wisdom to share, and his Buddhist Boot Camp blog is well worth a read every month. This is an extract from his January 2024 blog:
‘When people say they aren’t happy, it’s often because they haven’t reached their goals in life, but they fail to see that having a goal in the first place is the reason for their anguish; meaning they placed their happiness at some distant point in the future rather than right where they are. We must let go of our attachment to winning, and just be happy we get to play. If you can’t be happy with what you have, you won’t be happy with more.’
Timber Hawkeye, Buddhist Boot Camp Monthly Blog: https://www.buddhistbootcamp.com/so/5cOp0wE4E?languageTag=en&cid=5ed4303e-d596-479a-a1b7-d55ec6c29994
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