An insight from the book How To Be Happy, by Lama Zopa Rinpoche:
"Mind is like dough, which means you can mold it into any shape. You can roll it into suffering, or roll it into ultimate happiness. Mind is like a disciple, which means you must strive always to be the guru, always teaching. Mind is like a child, which means you should become like parents, the father and mother carefully and lovingly watching the child and guiding her. Mind is a boat, and you are the captain; mind is a car and you are the driver. Learn the waters, watch the road, steer the vehicle, follow the map - letting the mind run haphazardly where it will, rudderless, captainless, driverless, is the path to great harm."
"Mind is like dough, which means you can mold it into any shape. You can roll it into suffering, or roll it into ultimate happiness. Mind is like a disciple, which means you must strive always to be the guru, always teaching. Mind is like a child, which means you should become like parents, the father and mother carefully and lovingly watching the child and guiding her. Mind is a boat, and you are the captain; mind is a car and you are the driver. Learn the waters, watch the road, steer the vehicle, follow the map - letting the mind run haphazardly where it will, rudderless, captainless, driverless, is the path to great harm."
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