the surrounding situation may not be sr friendly,if may even be hostile,but if your inner mental attiude is right.then the situation will not disturb your inner peace. On the other hand.if your attitude is not right.then even if you are surrounded by good friends and the best facilities,you cannot be happy.This is why mental attitude is more important than external conditions.Despite this,it seedms to me that many people are more concerned about their external conditions,and neglect the inner attitude of mind. I suggest that we should pay more attention to our inner qualities.
我們身邊的環境或許不見得友善，甚至可能充滿敵意，但如果你有正確的內心態度，不論外在情況如何，都無法干擾你內在的寧靜．
另一方面，如困你抱持的心態不恰當，那麼即使四周都是好朋友和擁有最佳資源，也無濟於事，你不可能感到快樂．
這就是為什麼一個人的心態比外在條件更加重要的原因．
除此之外，我發現，似乎有許多人較關心外在條件，反而忽略了內在心靈的深度．
我認為：應該更加注重自己內在品質的提昇．
摘自達賴喇嘛著－愛心