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

The ultimate reason for meditating is to transform ourselves in order to be better able to transform the world.

We cannot study everything at the same time.

We all have the ability to study the causes of suffering and gradually to free ourselves from them....it is not the magnitude of the task that matters, it's the magnitude of our courage.

I don't often get into a bad mood, since it does not help anything and clouds my judgment, but I can certainly see that sometimes things go terribly wrong. We need to understand the reasons for this and work towards building new conditions that will bring about better circumstances.

The mind is malleable. Our life can be greatly transformed by even a minimal change in how we manage our thoughts and perceive and interpret the world. Happiness is a skill. It requires effort and time.

While it may be difficult to change the world, it is always possible to change the way we look at it.