To encourage equanimity, we can take the attitude that everyone we encounter, directly or indirectly, has been kind to us. The driver of the bus takes us where we need to go. People work at night so we can read the news at breakfast. A total stranger grew the potato we ate at lunch. Even someone who irritates us might give us the time of day if we ask. . . . The point of invoking equanimity is to release our attachment to opinions, to let go of our relative notions of like and dislike.
— Sakyong Mipham, Turning the Mind Into An Ally