Should you sacrifice your happiness for other people????

Philippines
March 26, 2007 11:13am CST
In life we have two choices..one is to make ourself happy or make others happy..What will you choose? hmm..I always choose to make others happy..I'm the type of person who will sacrifice my own happiness just to make others happy..YES, Even if it causes me pain to the extreme..still I sacrifice myself...I remember a friend telling me a story about her love of her life and how much pain She causes her to let him go.. She is single but 2 years committed with her bf before She met the guy on her dreams...the guy is also in a 2 years relationship that time..They have fallen in love and kept their relationship secretly...They have found the emptiness they both keep on searching within each other...But in real world there are no secrets...after a year..Both of their partners know whats going on...Two hearts had been broken because of their happiness..One threaten to commit suicide and other became so depressed..They decided to fight but both of them decided not to let go of their partners..Things become more complicated as they have imagined...There is always a threat on both sides..Chaos arises..that the time they decided to let go..:( Until now, they are still hurting because just to make others happy...ARE GOING TO DO THE SAME???
1 response
@youdontsay (3497)
• United States
27 Mar 07
I don't think we have to choose between others' happiness and our own. I think we can be happy under any circumstances. Events don't make us happy or unhappy. It is what we choose to believe about an event that determines how we feel. Letting go of someone you love may be painful, but you can be happy that you have made a healthy choice. It doesn't mean you'll have no pain. But pain does not have to mean you are unhappy. A much hoped-for birth of a child is still painful, even though you are happy that the child is coming into your life. We control our happiness by knowing what we belive and making choices to follow our beliefs. Don't give the power to be happy to someone else. You decide to be happy, no matter what others say or do.
• Philippines
27 Mar 07
thanks..:)