Isn't it the mind that translates the outer condition into happiness and suffering?

Transform our way of perceiving things, we transform the quality of our lives.

Nothing goes right on the outside when nothing is going right on the inside.

For a few moments, be aware of your potential for change. Whatever your present situation is, evolution and transformation are always possible. At the least, you can change your way of seeing things and then, gradually, your way of being as well.

When you engage in compassion, and you hear a distressing sound, like someone calling for help, there is an activation in an area of the brain called the insular, which has to do with empathy and altruism, that is vastly more activated than in non-meditators.

Worries are pointless. If there's a solution, there's no need to worry. If no solution exists, there's no point to worry.

The ultimate reason for meditating is to transform ourselves in order to be better able to transform the world or, to put it another way, to transform ourselves so we can become better human beings in order to serve others in a wiser and more efficient way. It gives your life the noblest possible meaning.