A Proposed Second Golden Rule

By Mona Goldwater, ATIT Lifestyles Editor

Thanks to Teresa Thiessen for finding this gem in The Elephant Journal.  This really should be the Golden Rule No. 2.

"The Buddhist rule re Worrying is simple: don’t.  Or, as Shantideva said more eloquently,

If it can be fixed; why worry?
If it can’t be fixed, what’s the point of worrying?

Or, more properly: 'If a cure exists, why worry? If no cure exists, what use is there to worry?' "

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