If in our anger, we realize the other person is suffering,
    we can free ourselves from anger and from suffering,
        which also helps free the other.

Desires that are excessive preoccupy and distract us.
Needs that are reasonable nurture and sustain us.

When others hurt us, we usually react with anger,
    resentment, and may even wish for retaliation.
But these actions will only prolong our pain,
    for to hold resentment in our hearts
        only serves to make us feel worse.

Those who give in to desire are often intoxicated
    by sensory indulgence, not yet realizing
        that what pleases today
            all too often disappoints tomorrow.

To truly help others, do what is
    beneficial, correct, and honest.

Reasonable needs are to have enough food to eat,
    adequate clothes to keep warm, a safe place to live,
        and good companions on the Path of Awakening.
To truly help others, do what is
    beneficial, correct, and honest.

Worry ties us up in knots and binds us to lifetimes of pain.
Who told us to worry?  Who said we could not stop?