new fortune

diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat
index 2aa8d9d72486dd0f30384753d8af05795af589f5..33c4f7a96dffe915a821d7144415f7ddfb3ab5d1 100644 (file)
--- a/infobase/fortunes.dat
+++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat
@@ -42331,4 +42331,12 @@ consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle.  But I think the real
 miracle is to walk on earth...  a miracle we don’t even recognize."
   -- from Jan Chozen Bays, MD, "How to Train a Wild Elephant & Other Adventures
      in Mindfulness", published by Shambhala Publications
+~
+Begin the sequence of sending and taking with yourself
+
+Whatever pain you feel, take it in, wishing for all beings to be free of it.
+Whatever pleasure you feel, send it out to others.  In this way, our personal
+problems and delights become a stepping-stone for understanding the suffering
+and happiness of all beings.
+  -- Pema Chodron's "Compassion Cards", published by Shambhala Publications