Should you ever sacrafice your own happiness for the happiness of others such as your husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, children, family, friends or other important people in your life?

I guess it would depend..

For children... I definately would sacrifice anything for a child.

I do for my mother, because she's sick these days and put up with a lot of shit from me when I was a kid. I figure I gotta pay some karmic dues...plus, it's like my MOM, ya know?

Should you ever do it?
Yes, sure, of course.

Should you always do it...probably not.

I would not even consider it a sacrifice if it makes my child happy.
Making sacrifices for the happiness of others is a happiness in itself.
Selfishness leads to unhappiness all around.
It makes me happy to see others happy.
Also, when we make sacrifices to make others happy, it has a way of
making its way back to us.
It's a win/win situation.


On the other hand, if U are speaking of allowing others' selfishness to make
ones life miserable, that is another story indeed.

Melody

sag10 said:

Exactly what I was gonna say!!

I don't think it's unreasonable to
do it for a limited time.

But when a parent or parents are
unhappy, the children usually know.
And sometimes when they know, depending
on their emotional maturity, they're not
going to be happy either.