joy of others
I’m a relative newcomer to sympathetic joy – taking honest and unmitigated delight in the happiness of others. I grew up with an exaggerated sense of scarcity (Sark calls it Scare City) that made it difficult to rejoice deeply when someone else got something I thought I lacked.
But yesterday my co-workers ate one thousand donuts. And even though sugar makes me crazy and I didn’t want one myself – I was happy they were happy. -Katy
