Start with thoughts of goodwill for yourself.
Tell yourself,
May I be happy?
May I learn to be truly happy?
Because happiness is something you learn.
It comes from causes.
You need to know what those causes are and be able to act on them.
The causes come from within,
Which is why your true happiness doesn't conflict with anyone else's true happiness.
So that your wish for true happiness is not a selfish wish.
Then spread thoughts of goodwill to others.
Start with people who are close to your heart,
Your family,
Your very close friends.
May they learn to be truly happy,
Too.
And spread those thoughts out in ever-widening circles to people you know and like,
To people you like even though you don't know them so well.
To people you're more neutral about,
And to people you don't like.
Remind yourself that the world would be a much better place if everyone could learn how to find true happiness within.
Spread thoughts of goodwill to people who have harmed you in the past.
May they learn to be truly happy.
Spread thoughts of goodwill to people you have harmed in the past.
May they learn to be truly happy,
Too.
Spread thoughts of goodwill to people you don't even know.
And not just people,
Living beings of all kinds,
East,
West,
North,
South,
Above and below,
Out to infinity.
May we all find true happiness in our hearts.
