Donâ€™t throw away your suffering. Touch your suffering. Face it directly, and your joy will become deeper. You know that suffering and joy are both impermanent. Learn the art of cultivating joy. Practice like this, and you come to the third turning of the Third Noble Truth, the â€œRealizationâ€ that suffering and happiness are not two. When you reach this stage, your joy is no longer fragile. It is true joy.

Thich Nhat Hanh

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