From Sam's Journal the Dalai Lama

I had lunch with a Tibetan Buddhist monk. She said Wherever I am, the people I am with are my family. She was such a peaceful and happy woman. She has never experienced an earthly family, but is a disciple of the fourteenth Dalai Lama.The Dalai Lama believes that the purpose of life is to be happy. He says, From the moment of birth, every human being wants happiness and does not want suffering He also says that the more we care about the happiness of others, the greater our own sense of well-being becomes. The Dalai Lama would therefore say, with a smile on his face, that we must remove the two greatest hindrances to happiness: anger and hatred. These powerful emotions overwhelm our entire mind “ they control us. Anger and hate, says the Dalai Lama, eclipse the best part of our brain: its rationality. So the energy of anger is almost always unreliable I know my first response when I am angry is to retaliate, which in my experience has almost always been destructive. That is why I am going to frame a picture of the Dalai Lama, and hang it next to my desk. I think I should also record his laugh and listen to it every morning. The Dalai Lama says, It is possible to feel that anybody we meet, in whatever circumstances, is a brother or sister, no matter how new the face or how different the dress and behavior our basic natures are the same