Do you celebrate with them?

When people are full of joy because they’ve succeeded or won an award, do you celebrate with them?

Or is there a part of you that’s resentful and jealous?

I hope you answered yes to the first question.

This is on my mind because Sunday night I watched the Emmy Awards [for excellence in television] here in the U.S. And even though I watch so little television that I had seen only a fraction of the nominated shows, I enjoyed it. And I was happy for everyone.

For me, joy is infectious. And celebration of achievement inspires us.

Every one of the winners was once an unknown who struggled, possibly starting out barely able to pay their rent or buy food. But they stuck with their dream and succeeded.

That’s inspiring.

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