The Buddha said that if you're sitting in a pond and there's a bunch of ripples that are out there, you don't get rid of those ripples by trying to smash the ripples with your hand. If you just sit still, you observe the ripples; they'll slowly start to go away on their own. So kindness is not just about our outward kindness towards other people. And yet if we could see their own thoughts about themselves, like little thought bubbles above a cartoon character showing what they're thinking, we would see that they are so hard on themselves. The harder you are on yourself, the more likely you are to be in a funk.

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