People say Đà Lạt. Or Bali. Or somewhere by the sea. They are looking in the wrong direction.
The happiest place in the world is the present moment.
Not as a slogan — as a literal fact. The present moment is where you actually live, where the body actually feels, where safety actually exists. Every time you leave it — into regret about the past or anxiety about the future — suffering appears. Every time you return to it, peace becomes available again.
The present moment is always here. It never moves. You just have to keep coming back to it.
— Thiện Minh