Quote of the Day: Dalai Lama on Daily Inspiration

There is a specific kind of freedom that arrives when your mind stops rehearsing disasters and starts sorting reality: what can I change, and what must I carry? In that instant, your chest loosens, your next step appears, and the day becomes workable again. That’s the doorway this line opens: “If it can be solved, there's no need to worry, and if it can't be solved, worry is of no use.”

Worry often feels like responsibility in disguise, a way of proving we care. But it’s usually just mental motion without traction. The Dalai Lama’s logic is disarmingly practical: if a problem is solvable, worry is a tax on your attention. Pay in actions instead. Define the next smallest step, send the email, book the appointment, ask for help, draft the plan. Converting anxiety into a checklist turns fear into forward movement and restores a sense of agency.

If the situation truly cannot be solved, an outcome already set, a limitation you can’t negotiate, worry becomes a second injury. Acceptance isn’t surrender; it’s clarity. It creates room to grieve, adapt, and redirect your energy toward what still responds to your effort: your habits, your attitude, your relationships, your next decision. That shift is the beginning of resilience.

Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, has spent decades teaching Buddhist principles of compassion and mindfulness to a global audience, becoming a widely recognized voice for peace and inner stability under pressure.

Today, try this simple practice: write the worry in one sentence, label it “solvable” or “unsolvable,” then take one concrete action for the solvable, or one deliberate release for the unsolvable (a breath, a walk, a kind conversation). May your attention return to what you can shape, and your mind rest where it cannot.