When you feel authentic love toward others, you will be deeply moved to act. You will not rest until you have found ways to secure the happiness of all those you are able to include in your feelings of love. As you learn to love more and more widely, your love will motivate you to act to benefit not just the few people in your inner circle, but your whole society, and eventually, the whole world.

17th Karmapa

from the book The Heart Is Noble: Changing the World from the Inside Out

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• Making healthy relationships possible
• Take joy in your sincere intentions
• Distinguishing between wants and needs
• Breaking barriers
• Boxing Love with Our Expectations
• Facing Impermanence Wisely
• Greed is a recipe for dissatisfaction
• Balanced Life
• The intention to work for others
• True Wealth
• Life in Balance
• Expanding our sense of ourselves
• The Wealth of Contentment
• Reality is your teacher
• Protective Inner Wisdom
• Healthy relationships
• There are no fixed starting points
• A noble vision
• Open-minded