Being happy for others... Part II

This is a follow up post to the one the other day on how it was a bit of a struggle to ' be happy for others ' who were enjoying success. Having written that piece it then formed part of a meditation / reflection I had a day or two after. This revealed further thoughts about this 'being happy for others' that had been omitted from the last blog. This was also partially inspired by a podcast I was encouraged to listen to by Nikki Pepper which was about ' Anxiety and Depression ' with Johann Hari and Dr Rangan Chatterjee ( 2 hours but well worth it ). On deeper reflection I think when I am struggling to 'be happy' for others it is more to do with the intent or motive behind the success. If the motive is to 'be better' than others, to somehow be superior and 'show off' then this is where my difficulties begin to arise. This came up in the podcast, what Johann called 'Junk Values'; Money love, Materialism, Popularity or fame.