Although disappointing, I am learning people project their own morality or traditions when they are sharing or not sharing joy with someone. We cannot expect people to be happy for us if their traditions or moral values are on the other side of spectrum of ours. For example, gay marriage. A gay couple may be ecstatic about getting married and hope that everyone else will share that joy with them, we all know not everyone feels that gay marriage is appropriate and are not going to share that joy. They will bash the idea and throw God, Jesus, the bible, hell and whatever else they can find on that couple. Joy Thieves. Another example, someone has been working very hard on getting a promotion at work. They are well deserving of it once they get it; however, coworkers start talking negatively about this person out of jealousy and make things very uncomfortable for the employee who got the promotion. Joy thieves.
It happens all of the time and as unfortunate as it seems, we all have to learn to keep the good news to ourselves and to accept, that when the good news is told, not everyone will share our joy. Just don't allow for them to steal yours.
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Couldn't agree more. People who currently don't have joy often find reasons to steal others (even if that reason doesn't make sense). However, I disagree with "we all have to learn to keep the good news to ourselves". True joy and true happiness should be shared. I immediately think of the song "Christmas Everyday". Spreading happiness, joy, and love should happen all year long - that's a gift to give. Some may not like it but as you said, we have to learn who to tell and who not to tell and accept that not everyone will share the joy. However, when someone finds happiness, love, or joy and they want to 'sing it from the mountain tops' they should certainly be allowed to. Those that can relate or those that are truly happy for them will climb that mountain and sing right along with them.
ReplyDeleteI definitely believe we are ALLOWED to. I just believe that there are more people that will stone you off of that mountain top while you are expressing your joy than there are people who will sing along with you. Misery seems to attract more company than joy, and I guess I am finding for me it is best to experience my joy alone than to express it to people assuming they will share that joy with you, but leaving the conversation completely drained out of it all.
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