Happiness is the joy of the heart;
joy is the happiness of the soul.
I personally believe the noise pollution, both physically noise pollution, as well as our inner noise pollution, is probably one of the single biggest threats to our humanity. And to be able to quiet ourselves enough in whatever practice, and then in the fields of discovery of where we work or where we live, find quietude, so that the signal and antenna can even meet is, to me, the front line of the work. Because if we can't quiet ourselves, getting the instructions, knowing how to meet each other is actually impossible.
~ Azita Walton from "On Nature's Wisdom for Humanity" podcast interview with Krista Tippett