This is a realm of suffering and happiness. Greed, hatred, and delusion seem to be burning everywhere and we may feel helpless to control those fires. But there is one fire that we can extinguish and it is within us. Cultivating mindfulness moment by moment, we see the harm of our unskillful habits. When worldly attachments no longer fulfill us, we grow disenchanted. When others treat us poorly, we burst into flames. Practising virtue and kindness in all that we do, say or think – not as mere convention but as a force for peace – we find a new way to be and we walk it. Each time the inner fires perish, our joyful peace prevails and radiates. It's contagious. Sati Saraniya reflections, Aug. 25, 2019