1. WE ARE ALL THE SAME—MEMBERS of THE SAME HUMAN FAMILY No matter what your status in life may be, you are still part of the same human family. We are all one. We should not be guided by notions of “them” vs. “us”, but instead think of our world much more in terms of a great “US.” In the Dalai Lama’s own words from Kindness, Clarity, and Insight: “Human beings by nature want happiness and do not want suffering. With that feeling everyone tries to achieve happiness and tries to get rid of suffering, and everyone has the basic right to do this. In this way, all here are the same, whether rich or poor, educated or uneducated, Easterner or Westerner, believer or non-believer, and within believers whether Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and so on. Basically, from the viewpoint of real human value we are all the same.” 2. IF THERE IS LOVE, THERE IS HOPE FOR FAMILIES Families today are plagued with strife, tensions and breakups, but the hope for families is...