do we focus to much on making other people happy than ourselves?

United States
June 24, 2009 11:22am CST
I am always finding myself doing things for other people to make them happy, in which i dont mind i love seeing others happy. But i rarely find time to do things for myself to make myself happy. I have a tendecy to put others in front of myself always, is that a bad thing?
2 responses
@ucue2008 (924)
• Malaysia
13 Aug 09
How can you make me feel happy when you are not happy? In a way, you should be happy first then you can able to make other people happy. Its for a long run, its good to be happy first and then you can easily make other people happy as the feeling is there and you can easily spread to other people
@pickwick (858)
• India
4 Jul 09
Hi Briannaleigh! Life is all about havingg a balance in life.If you have read the book by William Miller called 'the joy of feeling good' You will realize that there should be a balance between self sacrifice and self centerdness.Just remembersomethings when you have to find that balance 1)Distinguish between caring that is appropriate and caring that is overcaring. 2)Decide if the excessive caring is authentic or cover up. 3)Answer the question , does my sacrifice of love give me god feeling?If no, reexamine whatt you are doing. 4)Forsake the temptatiomn to messiahship. 5)Accept the fact that you can care for others only when you can care for yourself.