Just A Thought ~ FEELING FOR OTHERS

“There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.”

~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~

Strange, but true; some people find other's misfortunes funny, obviously unable to identify with them in any other way. If we learn to empathize with others and see them as ourselves, however, we would commiserate with them in their misfortunes, and feel happy at their successes, even though we might be in quite different circumstances ourselves. If, for example, we happen to be on a downer ourselves, but someone else is on an upper, at least someone is happy; like this, we share in the happiness of others, even if it's not our own. And while there is a lot of sorrow in the world around us which we also share, there is happiness, too, of which we may partake. Think of someone you know who is happy right now, and enjoy that with him, without thinking of yourself; there is really no reason for us to feel as miserable as we often do.