The Daily Buddhist: Coming Home to Happiness – Rediscovering Joy Within

By Pema Sherpa & Brendan Barca

Age-old wisdom for modern living. Each week you’ll get 1 quote, 1 reflection and 1 action to help you lead a calmer, clearer, and more conscious life.

1/28/25

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Coming Home to Happiness – Rediscovering Joy Within

Quote:

“We can travel a long way in life and do many things, but our deepest happiness is not born from accumulating new experiences. it is born from letting go of what is unnecessary, and knowing ourselves to be always at home.” 

– Sharon Salzberg

Reflection:

We always look for happiness behind the next experience—a vacation abroad, a dream job, a promising marriage, an exciting new hobby, a silent retreat. But have we ever found lasting happiness in any external experience? Then why do we keep looking for it out there?

True happiness is found in letting go of the idea that finding happiness lies anywhere but within. You can only find it by coming home to yourself.

Action:

Take a moment to identify one belief or habit that drives you to seek happiness outside of yourself—like needing praise from others or striving for constant achievement. Consider how you might rely less on it and focus more on your own values or well-being this week.

Remember: The happiness you’re chasing has been with you all along.

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