If you light a lantern for another, it will also brighten your own way."

Buddhism Day by Day

Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Monday, April 8, 2013:

 

Nichiren writes, "If you light a lantern for another, it will also brighten your own way." Please be confident that the higher your flame of altruistic action burns, the more its light will suffuse your life with happiness. Those who possess an altruistic spirit are the happiest people of all.