new fortune.

diff --git a/database/fortunes.dat b/database/fortunes.dat
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@@ -39651,3 +39651,14 @@ change it.  But don’t break it.  Don’t break what our predecessors spent
 over two centuries building.  That's not being faithful to what this country
 is about.
   -- Barack Obama, after the US government shutdown of 2013 had ended.
+~
+When the teachings say we need to reduce our fascination with the things of
+this life, it does not mean that we should abandon them completely.  It means
+avoiding the natural tendency to go from elation to depression in reaction to
+life’s ups and downs, jumping for joy when you have some success, or wanting
+to jump out the window if you do not get what you want.  Being less concerned
+about the affairs of this life means assuming its ups and downs with a broad
+and stable mind.
+  -- His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in "On the Path to Enlightenment: Heart
+     Advice from the Great Tibetan Masters", from Shambhala Publications and
+     Snow Lion Publications.