Meditation may also be thought of as a technique by which we diminish the force of old thought habits and develop new ones.

To develop patience, you need someone who willfully hurts you. Such people give us real opportunities to practice tolerance. They test our inner strength in a way that even our guru cannot. Basically, patience protects us from being discouraged.

We are beset by problems and if we look for their source, we find they arise because of our selfishness, because we tend to pursue our own interests at the expense of others. Our various religious traditions exist to help us reduce these problems. They all teach ways to overcome suffering through cultivating love and compassion, tolerance, patience and contentment.

Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.

My religion is kindness.

I'd rather be kind than right. You can always be kind.

If we can refrain from harming others in our actions & words, we can start to give serious attention to actively doing good.