We cannot make everyone happy all the time.

@ajithlal (14716)
India
January 21, 2013 8:59pm CST
Have you ever come across a situation where you felt you are doing the right and you are not making other person happy. Sometimes we might be doing things for others good and might not make others happy. Sometimes we cannot make all people happy all time. Have you ever come across such situation?
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@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
22 Jan 13
Hi ajithlal, sometimes we think that we have done something that makes someone happy but actually it isn't. It's quite difficult to please others. May be it doesn't happen at the right time. As what I know people would have different mood in different time for mood would change at any time. I think it would be pleasant if we could please majority of the people happy It's impossible to make everyone happy I suppose Have a nice day
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@ajithlal (14716)
• India
23 Jan 13
I also think that sometimes it is impossible to make everyone happy and sometimes we think we might have made others happy while actually we have not.
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@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
30 Apr 13
Really ajithlal, it's not hard but impossible to please everyone with happiness for different people having different likes and dislikes in needs and things, like hobbies, amusements, games, foods, etc. I'm glad if we could stay along with people harmoniously all the time Thanks for the BR
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@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
3 May 13
Oh now we can see the likes here similar to fb! Happy or not to see the new mylot? Where had the smiley gone?!
@lelin1123 (15595)
• Puerto Rico
22 Jan 13
This is so true, especially if you are trying to make yourself happy. Many people in this world I don't believe want others to be happy. Either they are jealous or selfish. I'm not really sure which one. When I decided four years ago to sell my home and move to Puerto Rico there were some people in the family who thought I had lost my mind. Some actually said why would you move to a third world country. Meanwhile Puerto Rico had cable and condos before the United States. Anyway I truly believe many were jealous knowing I was moving to a tropical island and not having to work anymore. My daughters were happy for me but of course were going to miss me especially having me as a babysitter.
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@ajithlal (14716)
• India
15 Apr 13
I also think that most probably we cannot make everyone happy all the time.
@GardenGerty (160658)
• United States
22 Jan 13
It is often a problem that you cannot please everyone and sometimes people do not want you to do good things for them.Even good things. You have to trust your heart and your good judgement, and put up with some unhappy people sometimes.
@ajithlal (14716)
• India
22 Jan 13
I also think it is always about the right judgment and right decisions we make in our life and to stick on it. Sometimes even when we do good things it can make some people unhappy.
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@ankit_620 (496)
• India
22 Jan 13
That is true and one should have no shame in admitting this hard true fact.I believe if a person just can do good himself and be happy without doing bad of others then it is enough and has done his bit.When you are happy the world becomes a happier place to live.
• Philippines
22 Jan 13
That has been always the case, and will continue to be so. There is nobody who can say that he or she made everybody happy. Therefore, we do right things not because we make all people happy but because we know it's the right thing to do. It may not be perfect or make many happy, but what matters most is we did the right thing. There will always be someone who will be happy when we did things right. Pleasing people is a temptation for many of us, which may hinder our own growth.
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@ajithlal (14716)
• India
28 Jan 13
I think most times nobody will be happy all the time and nobody can make everyone happy at all times.
@Raine38 (12250)
• United States
22 Jan 13
I have a couple of times. But like you said, no matter what we do, there will always be people who will say something bad about us. No matter how nice we are to them, some people will still want more from us to be happy. But as I grow older, I have also learned that there are only few people whose opinion about me truly matters, and even so, they are also the first ones who don't care if I conform to their standards or not, because actually there are no standards. They accept me for who and what I am and they're happy with that.
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@celticeagle (166909)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Jan 13
No, you can't always make everyone happy all the time. You have to stand by your gutt instinct and set up good boundaries. I don't always make the kids happy but I do what I feel as right. Life is such that now days you really have to be careful. People are selfish and self serving and you have to be careful.
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@celticeagle (166909)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Jan 13
No we certainly can't make everyone happy all of the time. We need to always maintain our boundaries and not let people walk all over us. I think we all come across these situations in life. It is whether we are strong enough to with stand the people who want more than we have to give or not that shows who we are as people.
@yanzalong (18988)
• Indonesia
25 Jan 13
Such situations often occur to some of us. It is quite normal when we do good things to others but they are not affected by what we have done for them. On the other hands when we don't think we do right things, they feel that they are helped. It's really strange, isn't it?
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@Iriene88 (5343)
• Malaysia
22 Jan 13
Hahaha .. you are absolutely right! We cannot make every one happy all the time! They might not see the benefits in the short term but as things got better, they will understand why you have made that decision in the first place. It is truly difficult to pleased everyone. So, I have decided to make the best decision that we can make at that point of time for the benefits of the majority, that fits the original goal and mission.
@ajithlal (14716)
• India
28 Jan 13
I also think we cannot make everyone in our lives.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
24 Jan 13
I actually believe that most of the time we are not able to make everyone happy. For example, I have had some things that I've needed to get done this week and this has meant that I've not really been able to do anything for my best friend. Because of the fact that I've not been able to loan her my car and things like that she is really not all that happy with me right now. That is kind of okay though because I have to admit that I myself and starting to feel better than I've felt in quite a long time.
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@Dominique25 (9464)
• United States
22 Jan 13
Yeah we can't make everyone happy. If we strive to please everyone all the time we will be the ones that end up disappointed and sad. If we are doing the right thing we can be happy in knowing this. We can take courage in what we are doing and continue to do it.
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• India
26 Jan 13
Sometimes things are going smooth in our life and we people do not find the smoothness every time sometimes the surface may be rough and those roughness can be smoothed by polishing it with the love and the happiness and those happiness can be created only by dear ones.
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@Shavkat (139933)
• Philippines
24 Jan 13
As the old saying, you cannot please everybody. I just take the liberty to give good advises to them. If it doesn't work out, then we just accept that sometimes people are not contented. They can take or reject the things we had offered to them.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
26 Jan 13
hi ajitjhial I guess you are r ight but somehow I am pretty ticked off at m y son who owes me 41 dollars and told me he would repay me yestrday and he did a whole 11 dollars now I am unhappyu as I needed that 41 dollars not just 1 1 grrrrrrrrrrrrr.kikdayh maybe he had solme problems but gee whiz sol do I like not being able to keep; medical appts as I do not have the molney grrrr.
@savypat (20216)
• United States
22 Jan 13
I can't do that, nor can you. The only person I can make happy is myself. Now the fact that what I do makes others happy, is of no importance. After all it's up to them to be happy or not.
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@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
22 Jan 13
Hi there! Of course we cannot make everybody happy as we cannot please everybody as well! Maybe because, what e think will make them happy is not really the thing that will make them happy. And in such event, I feel disappointed and become unhappy as well because I feel like my effort is not recognized at all. But no matter what, what matters most is that we have done our part and try, if they can't be happy for what we have done for them, then its no longer our problem, or maybe we can try harder the next time to make them happy...
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@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
22 Jan 13
Yeah! And I got tired of making them happy coz they really do not appreciate what I do for them. They just don't seem to care.
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@jricky1 (6800)
• China
22 Jan 13
I know how you feel,that would be the thing that everybody will go through,we can't make everybody please but what my principle is to have fun with people i like.That's more important for me,so don't be upset about things we don't care and hope this help.
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• China
22 Jan 13
It's a natural thing that one cannot make everybody happy at the same time. I've had such experiences and that is not satisfying to be honest. But I've now learned to be at ease, follow my own principles and behave in my own way.