Tuesday musings (#3)

Well it's time to start planning the parade. The Leafs won their first game of the season. Yes, I do know that it was pre-season and that Buffalo had mostly AHL quality players, so did the Leafs and they looked pretty good for being just 2 days into training camp. The Leaf players, mostly from their AHL squad at least worked harder than I've seen a Leaf team work in years. I was impressed with their fore checking and speed.

That's not what I wanted to muse about this morning, it just came out. I struggle with people who can't be joyful in the happy moments of other people's lives. There is way too much petty jealousy in the world. What's wrong with enjoying someone else's success? I find it disturbing when someone has something good to share and others (read lots of people in all walks of life) can only think of themselves and not celebrate with the one who has the pleasure of some good event.

I think that "we" have become inherently selfish and cannot for some reason accept when another (and not us) has a windfall or is blessed in some way that "we" are not. What childishness is this that "we" act like children on someone else's birthday and don't get presents. Something has got to give here and it will take a cultural change of immense proportions.

Think about your own situation the next time someone else gets that promotion or has some area of success. Take the time to evaluate your attitudes to them and yourself. We only have to look at the news to see how really blessed we are and to see how difficult most of the rest of the world has it. Take a look in the mirror once in a while and see what kind of person you really are. That's a difficult challenge, I know, and the results can be amazing if you want them to be.

You see, it's really a choice, do you wish to have joy in the circumstances of others or do you silently wish that it was you who received whatever they got. Do you also wish for their trials to be placed on your shoulders? I think not.

Well, I've got to go plan that parade, Happy Tuesday everyone.