Will We Choose Fear or Compassion?

Every day when we wake up, we have a choice.

Will we choose fear or will we choose compassion and love?

These are very strong, but I’ve learned in my short 28 years that anger and fear exhaust me, whereas if I do work out of love and compassion and kindness, I’m actually nourished.

It’s a sustainable energy.

— Ocean Vuong, What Scares Writer and Zen Buddhist Ocean Vuong

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