Monday 15 August 2011

Exile

Has exile helped you? 
Have you found strength in it? 
Oh yes! Without a doubt,
I can try to tell you why. 
When, at some point in our lives, 
we meet a real tragedy - 
which could happen to any one of us - 
we can react in two ways. 
Obviously we can lose hope, 
let ourselves slip into discouragement, 
into alcohol, drugs, unending sadness. 
Or else we can wake ourselves up; 
discover in ourselves an energy 
that was hidden there, 
and act with more clarity, more force. 
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama