I would guess that we have all seen the bumper stickers that say \u201cMean People Suck.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0And the truth is that I couldn\u2019t agree more.\u00a0 I have little tolerance for mean people.\u00a0 I just don\u2019t.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think there is ever a good excuse to be mean or hurtful to another person.\u00a0 Sure we can get frustrated at people or annoyed at people, we can even get downright angry at people sometimes. But none of those emotions are ever justification to be mean to someone else.<\/p>\n
Have you ever noticed that it is never the happy people who are mean to others?\u00a0 It\u2019s the people who are miserable in their own lives that are the first to lash out toward others, putting others down and dumping rain on others parade.\u00a0 That is why I love the quote in today\u2019s title:\u00a0 \u201cPeople Only Rain On Your Parade Because They Are Jealous of Your Sun and Tired of Their Shade.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n One of my favorite speakers\/authors is a man name Jeffrey Holland.\u00a0 He gave an amazing talk about this very subject \u2013 here is a great excerpt from that talk:<\/p>\n \u201c\u2026There are going to be times in our lives when someone else gets an unexpected blessing or receives some special recognition. May I plead with us not to be hurt\u2014and certainly not to feel envious\u2014when good fortune comes to another person? We are not diminished when someone else is added upon. We are not in a race against each other to see who is the wealthiest or the most talented or the most beautiful or even the most blessed\u2026\u2026.Furthermore, envy is a mistake that just keeps on giving. Obviously we suffer a little when some misfortune<\/i> befalls us,<\/i> but envy requires us to suffer all good fortune<\/i> that befalls everyone<\/i> we know! What a bright prospect that is\u2014downing another quart of pickle juice every time anyone around you has a happy moment!…. Coveting, pouting, or tearing others down does not<\/i> elevate your<\/i> standing, nor does demeaning someone else improve your self-image. So be kind, and be grateful that God is kind. It is a happy way to live.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n What amazing advice that is!\u00a0 I love the part about how silly it would be to down pickle juice every time someone else has a happy moment.\u00a0 It reflects perfectly how silly it is to rain on anyone else\u2019s happy parade.<\/p>\n I think we should all celebrate the goodness that comes to others \u2013 heck, I think whenever someone is having a parade we should pick up our pom-pom\u2019s or batons or musical instruments and join right in their parade! After all, what is more fun than being part of a fabulous parade!\u00a0 And what a great way to pick yourself up in the process \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n ~Amy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I would guess that we have all seen the bumper stickers that say \u201cMean People Suck.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0And the truth is that I couldn\u2019t agree more.\u00a0 I have little tolerance for mean people.\u00a0 I just don\u2019t.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think there is ever a good excuse to be mean or hurtful to another person.\u00a0 Sure we can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[168,500,46,60,550,63,590,1431,224,163,1536,96,1534,1523,292,51,189,29,1528,244,1537,65,180,1529,103,1522,1538,1539,764,289,1540,1521,634,1530,1531,153,1535,1527,1532,1520,1526,514,496,519,1524,355,1533,149,98,1247,1525,125],"class_list":["post-3472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-adversity","tag-appreciation","tag-attitude","tag-beautiful","tag-blessed","tag-blessings","tag-celebrate","tag-celebration","tag-confidence","tag-courage","tag-coveting","tag-culture","tag-demeaning","tag-envious","tag-envy","tag-family","tag-friends","tag-god","tag-good-fortune","tag-grateful","tag-gratitudde","tag-gratitude","tag-happy","tag-happy-moment","tag-hurt","tag-jealous","tag-jeffrey-holland","tag-jeffrey-r-holland","tag-lds","tag-mean","tag-mean-people-suck","tag-parade","tag-people","tag-pickle-juice","tag-pom-pom","tag-positive","tag-pouting","tag-praise","tag-prospect","tag-rain","tag-recognition","tag-self-image","tag-self-worth","tag-self-esteem","tag-shade","tag-silly","tag-standing","tag-success","tag-talent","tag-tired","tag-unkind","tag-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3472"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3478,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3472\/revisions\/3478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}