Finding More Joy

"To allow someone the right to 'make us happy' or 'make us sad' is an example of how we willingly give away our power and choice." Terry Drew Karanen

We have all experienced having the actions of someone else make us either happy, mad, or sad; but what a power we are giving to any other person to allow them to change the way we feel.  If we focus on our own serenity, with scaffolding by gratitude, we can keep the power of joy within ourselves.  We can be more immune to what others do and say.  Wouldn't each of us rather be happy than mad or sad?  We have the power to make that choice, to choose to allow others to do and say what they want, without it affecting our equanimity.