Practice Thinking Kindly and Loving Each Other

ractice Thinking Kindly and Loving Each Other More
When we notice a fault in our loved ones or anyone else, our first reaction shouldn't be to feel pleased about 'catching their mistake' or to spread gossip about it. The right thing to do is to practice compassion and find a way to help them improve. When we give up the habit of pointing out others’ faults and judging them, our hearts will naturally feel lighter, and the world will feel much more spacious. Wherever we go, life will no longer feel cramped, because our mind is no longer filled with judgment and condemnation.

However, if we go through life constantly thinking ill of everyone we meet, our world becomes small and exhausting. Someone is always too fat, too lazy, too fake, too weak… When we live this way, seeing only the faults and mistakes of others wherever we go, how can we ever be at peace?
Some might think, “Maybe I should go live alone on a deserted island to avoid being bothered.” However, when we actually live alone, we start missing people, feel the need for others, and end up wanting to live together again. Yet when we live together, we criticize and get angry at each other. That cycle then continues endlessly.

So now, let us practice being more forgiving, tolerant, and loving toward one another. And what is true generosity of heart? It’s learning to think kindly of each other first—not rushing to think ill, not rushing to point out faults, and not rushing to condemn. Let us be good friends with each other. Let us see the goodness and beauty in each other first. Because when we learn to think kindly of others, that’s when our hearts begin to open, and life becomes warmer and more peaceful.
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