You are continued by your views and your thinking.
Those are the children you give birth to every moment.
And that is your true continuation.
So it is crucial to look deeply at your thoughts and your views.
What are you holding on to?
Whether you are an artist or a businessperson, a parent or a teacher,
you have your views about how to live your life, how to
help other people, how to make your country prosperous, and so on.
When you are attached to these views, to the idea of right and wrong,
then you may get caught.
When your thinking is caught in these views, then you
create misunderstanding, anger, violence.
That is what you are becoming in this very moment.
When you are mindful of this and can look deeply,
you produce thoughts that are full of love and understanding.
You make yourself and the world around you suffer less.
You are not static.
You are the life you are becoming.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
from Thich Nhat Hanh gems
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