{"id":5578,"date":"2015-05-07T00:22:55","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T06:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=5578"},"modified":"2015-05-07T00:23:13","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T06:23:13","slug":"billions-more-chances-to-be-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/billions-more-chances-to-be-happy\/","title":{"rendered":"Billions More Chances To Be Happy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIf I am only happy for myself, many fewer chances for happiness. If I am happy when good things happen to other people, billions more chances to be happy!\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> – Dalai Lama<\/p>\n

Being unhappy because of someone else\u2019s success is a miserable and ugly way to feel. When a person is feeling envious of another person\u2019s success they are feeling a complete lack of appreciation for their own self-worth. They are failing to appreciate that every person has their own special gifts and unique talents.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, a person who can be genuinely happy for others successes, will themselves be happier.<\/p>\n

We can\u2019t allow ourselves to think that someone else is more blessed than we are.\u00a0 We only get to small part of other people\u2019s lives. We don\u2019t know all their trials and challenges and everything they have been through. We can\u2019t.\u00a0 All we can do is recognize that someone else isn\u2019t more blessed than we are, they are likely just blessed differently.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnvy is a mistake that just keeps on giving. Obviously we suffer a little when some misfortune\u00a0befalls\u00a0us,\u00a0but envy requires us to suffer all good fortune\u00a0that befalls\u00a0everyone\u00a0we know! What a bright prospect that is\u2014downing another quart of pickle juice every time anyone around you has a happy moment!\u201d<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Jeffrey Holland<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t help but giggle at the mental image of a person downing a bottle of pickle juice\u2026if you have dealt with an envious person you know the look they are describing to a T. None of us like to encounter someone who is envious or jealous. It\u2019s not a pretty sight to see.<\/p>\n

We have to recognize that we can never be envious and happy at the same time. It is impossible. If we want to be happy then we must be willing to feel happy for the successes of others.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrue joy comes when you inspire, encourage, and guide someone else on a path that benefits him or her.\u201d<\/strong><\/span> \u2013Zig Ziglar<\/p>\n

Have a great day everyone, and be happy for the good things that happen to others\u2026remember it will give you billions more chances to be happy \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

~Amy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIf I am only happy for myself, many fewer chances for happiness. If I am happy when good things happen to other people, billions more chances to be happy!\u201d\u00a0 – Dalai Lama Being unhappy because of someone else\u2019s success is a miserable and ugly way to feel. When a person is feeling envious of another […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3744,"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":[168,500,46,60,6370,63,224,1516,163,96,223,1846,292,76,65,55,180,1529,1522,291,6371,1538,1539,464,5322,6372,530,1038,1532,496,519,112,149,3495,273],"class_list":["post-5578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-adversity","tag-appreciation","tag-attitude","tag-beautiful","tag-billions","tag-blessings","tag-confidence","tag-confident","tag-courage","tag-culture","tag-dalai-lama","tag-different","tag-envy","tag-goals","tag-gratitude","tag-happiness","tag-happy","tag-happy-moment","tag-jealous","tag-jealousy","tag-jeffery-r-holland","tag-jeffrey-holland","tag-jeffrey-r-holland","tag-joy","tag-millions","tag-misfortune","tag-mistake","tag-potential","tag-prospect","tag-self-worth","tag-self-esteem","tag-self-improvement","tag-success","tag-suffer","tag-zig-ziglar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5578","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=5578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5579,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5578\/revisions\/5579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}