Being Happy for Others

Being happy for others:

The last several years, I've been trying to learn to be better at being happy for others when they have good things happen to them. Sometimes it is so easy to be happy for others and I have true joy. But other times that happiness comes with a "side of what about me"?

When people experience hard times, we have compassion. And it can be hard to that as well, to truly know how to best help someone.

But happiness can be hard sometimes. For me it is usually in reference to others getting engaged/married/having children/basically having people in their life who chose to be there to love and care about them.

Here are a few of the people I've been happy for in recent weeks/years:
~ a coworker who was to have lung transplant in a few years was told it would need to happen sooner but luckily the transplant is now rescheduled for what will hopefully be years down the road!
~ people with their babies, especially those who have had difficulty being able to have a child

~ people who have loving spouses

~ coworker who got beautiful flowers from her boyfriend, she was so happy and it was nice to see her happy

~ people who have desired to adopt a child and been able to do so!

~ people with ideal family situations where everyone seems to love each other most all of the time!

~ people who have had happy lives despite other tough circumstances in earlier life such as disability or abuse.

Seeing other people who find happiness despite adverse circumstances teaches me that I must strive to do the same- especially since what I might deem "adverse" is really not when compared to what so many experience.

Being genuinely happy for others is a good thing, and I want to be better at having my heart full of happiness for others.