>From The Dalai Lama <http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2014/02/dalai_lama_at_a_santa _fe_ski_resort_tells_waitress_the_meaning_of_life.single.html> 's Ski Trip: The Slate article is a pretty funny read this is its final passage; which I think brings a certain perspective to everything so seems appropriate for this list.
Chris "Please." She spoke with complete seriousness. "What is the meaning of life?" In my entire week with the Dalai Lama, every conceivable question had been asked-except this one. People had been afraid to ask the one-the really big-question. There was a brief, stunned silence at the table. The Dalai Lama answered immediately. "The meaning of life is happiness." He raised his finger, leaning forward, focusing on her as if she were the only person in the world. "Hard question is not, 'What is meaning of life?' That is easy question to answer! No, hard question is what make happiness. Money? Big house? Accomplishment? Friends? Or ." He paused. "Compassion and good heart? This is question all human beings must try to answer: What make true happiness?" He gave this last question a peculiar emphasis and then fell silent, gazing at her with a smile. "Thank you," she said, "thank you." She got up and finished stacking the dirty dishes and cups, and took them away. http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2014/02/dalai_lama_at_a_santa_ fe_ski_resort_tells_waitress_the_meaning_of_life.single.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
