The Art of Happiness

mind and achieving happiness, the closer onegets to being motivated by altruism, the morefearless one becomes in the face of evenextremely anxiety-provoking circumstances.But the same principle can be applied in smallerways, even when one’s motivation is less thancompletely altruistic. Standing back and simplymaking sure that you mean no harm and that yourmotivation is sincere can help reduce anxiety inordinary daily situations.Not long after the above conversation withthe Dalai Lama, I had lunch with a group ofpeople that included one young man whom I hadnot met before, a college student at a localuniversity. During lunch, someone asked how myseries of discussions with the Dalai Lama weregoing, and I recounted the conversation aboutovercoming anxiety. After quietly listening to me