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lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu

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We find modern living organized so that it demands the least possible direct dependence on others. The more or less universal ambition seems to be for everyone to own their own house, their own car, their own computer and so on in order to be as independent as possible. This is natural and understandable. We can also point to the increasing autonomy that people enjoy as a result of advances in science and technology. In fact, it is possible today to be far more independent of others than ever before.

But with these developments, there has arisen a sense that my future is not dependent on my neighbor but rather on my job or, at most, my employer. This in turn encourages us to suppose that because others are not important for my happiness, their happiness is not important to me.

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I don’t regret a single ‘excess’ of my responsive youth-I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn’t embrace.

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#5 Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.