The Art of Happiness

or active involvement. Of course, in that situation,the struggle for freedom, when I reflect on thefourteen or fifteen years of effort at negotiationwith no results, when I think about the almostfifteen years of failure, I develop a certain feelingof impatience or frustration. But this feeling offrustration doesn’t discourage me to the point oflosing hope.”Pressing the issue a bit further, I asked, “Butwhat exactly prevents you from losing hope?”“Even in the situation with Tibet, I think thatviewing the situation from a wider perspectivecan definitely help. So, for instance, if I look atthe situation inside Tibet from a narrowperspective, focusing only on that, then thesituation appears almost hopeless. However, if Ilook from a wider perspective, look from aworld perspective, then I see the international