If you donât feel that youâre on the right path, happiness isnât possible. This is true for everyone; if you donât know where youâre going, you suffer. Itâs very important to realize your path and see your true way.
Happiness means feeling you are on the right path every moment. You donât need to arrive at the end of the path in order to be happy. The right path refers to the very concrete ways you live your life in every moment. In Buddhism, we speak of the Noble Eightfold Path: right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration. Itâs possible for us to live the Noble Eightfold Path every moment of our daily lives. That not only makes us happy, it makes people around us happy. If you practice the path, you become very pleasant, very fresh, and very compassionate.
- THICH NHAT HANH
