What would His Holiness the Dalai Lama say?
There is another story that I love. This happened several years ago to a friend of mine. She was young, maybe in her early thirties. She had not been feeling well for a while and had gone to the doctor. The doctor gave her some horrible prognosis and told her, “This does not look good. You’re going to be sick for a long time. You might die from it.” My friend’s instantaneous reaction was of course to get upset and feel scared and sorry for herself. Then at one point, she just stopped and asked herself, “Well, if the Dalai Lama were in my position, how would he feel? How would he handle this situation?” She thought about it, and the conclusion she came to, was that His Holiness would say, “Just be kind.” So she adopted that as her motto: ‘Just be kind’. And she thought, “Ok, I’m going to be in the hospital for a while. I’m going to meet all sorts of people – the nurses, technicians, therapists, doctors, janitors, other patients, my family, and others. I’m going to come into contact with
