Think About Yourself

It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others. Gordon B. Hinckley

Miserable people think about their height, their weight, their hair, their car, their clothes, their nose. They live in a world of their own. They say things like, “But enough about me…what do you think about me?” They treat people like things and things like people. They run their own 24-7 self service station. Happy people know that the key to being happy is making others so. They see every new day as another opportunity to make the world a better place by making a difference to others. Miserable people think of others only when comparing themselves to them. And when they compare themselves to others, they become either vain or bitter (or more miserable).