FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ CELEBRATING THE SUCCESS OF OTHERS ~ 01 September 2013

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

 

CELEBRATING THE SUCCESS OF OTHERS

"Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success."
-Oscar Wilde

It is natural and understandable to feel pangs of envy when we see someone else get promoted while we may have not been; or to see someone else get a NAM and we were not recognized for our hard work. It is human.

Life is full of many disappointments large and small, and it is tough to accept that others may enjoy greater fortune when we are equally deserving. How can we deal with such feelings of envy? First, it is essential to recognize that envy is an emotion that can be good or bad. "Good" envy can motivate us to keep on trying, never to give up the fight. "Bad" envy can lead a person to do harmful things to themselves or to others. It can eat away at one's inner well-being and leave a person an emotional, bitter wreck. Envy created the first murderer, Cain, who killed his brother Abel in a fit of jealousy.

Second, we each need to consider the blessings we enjoy, not to dwell on the things we don't have. When I was aboard the USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT in an ethics class, we'd take a large overhead chart with a clean sheet of paper and make a dot in the center of the page with magic marker. Then we'd ask the students what they saw. They'd all say, a dot, of course. Then we'd tell them: here is this big paper, and you say all you see is the tiny dot?!!?! We must look at everything we have, not just the one or two things we feel are missing from our lives.

Yes, it is hard to feel happy when others "succeed" where we have "failed", but we must never give up, nor allow ourselves to become bitter. Consider the example of my friend, a fellow Chaplain, who applied for commission as a Naval officer three times and was rejected each time. On his fourth try he was accepted and is now a distinguished member of the Chaplain Corps. Remember, when you feel at the end of your rope, make a knot and hang on!

 

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" Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God,
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Casting all your care upon him;
for he careth for you."______________________(1 Peter 5:6-7 KJV)

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Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon/evening, E...((HUGS))

Hope you and Bo had a lovely and Blessed Lord’s Day.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Cindy, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

Thanks for the links.

[Kathy in Alaska]

A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours, Arrowhead.

[Kathy in Alaska]

A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours, Meg.

Thank you for the prayers for our protectors.

I hope you found your nights at the right time again. ((HUGS)) You should be sleeping.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Have a wonderful week.

[Kathy in Alaska]

A Blessed Lord's Day to you and yours, Luv.

Thank you for the hymns.

Thank you, David, for your service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Arrowhead.....#50!!

[Cindy]

Hi Kathy and a blessed Lord’s Day to you.

THANK YOU for this weekly thread.

Let’s pray for a quiet week.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Let’s pray for a quiet week.

Good idea. We are going live with a new system...payroll will be working tomorrow. I'm thinking Monday shouldn't be too bad, but I hope to heck Tuesday and Wednesday actually work "as advertised". They are supposed to have a rep on site for the "debut".

If we run into any problems Tuesday or Wednesday, we will have to hustle to get the payroll out in the old system, without any time for any corrections.

[Cindy]

Well now, that sounds like a potential headache...hope all goes well, Kathy.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks....should be an interesting day. d:o)

A good Monday to you.