A Sign Of A Good Friend

Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore

Susie Moore

Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Philosophy, Life Coach, Motivational, Education, Personal Development, Life Coaching, Self-help, Mental Health

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🗓️ 25 March 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

When a friend's success lights up your phone with an excited message, you know you're more than just a buddy—you're a trusted confidante. Join me, as we unpack the profound joy of being the first to celebrate the victories in our friends' lives. It's a testament to genuine connection and the ability to revel in each other's happiness without a hint of envy. In a heartfelt conversation, I share a personal story that illuminates this often-overlooked hallmark of true friendship and why it's suc...

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0:00.0	Welcome to let it be easy with Susie Moore.
0:10.0	I would like to share a sign with you today that you're a good friend.
0:15.6	And look we know what constitutes a good friend, right?
0:21.0	A good sense of humor, loyalty, stuff in common, etc. But I'd like to highlight something
0:28.1	else and it was something that a friend shared with me recently and I thought, oh, I'm so happy that this is how she feels.
0:35.0	And this is it, my friends.
0:38.0	It's when your friends, the people in your life,
0:41.0	the people that you love, they tell you their good news first.
0:46.7	Think about that for a second.
0:48.8	Of course we lean on our friends when times are rough, when we're broken-hearted, when we're disappointed, we call our friends, we talk it out awesome,
0:56.1	right? That's what friends are for. But I love being the friend that gets the text, gets the call
1:02.2	when something amazing is happening, an amazing opportunity, an amazing win, an amazing experience.
1:10.0	Why is that?
1:34.6	So often we go through life thinking, gosh, I don't want to shine too bright, I don't want to make anyone feel bad, I don't want to brag, I don't want to be like, oh, all that he's all that and I think the opposite is true my friends when it comes to friendship and what my friend said to me recently was she said that there's me and there's one other friend that she has that she is first to call
1:40.8	the people that they're the people that she calls we're the people she calls fast when it comes to sharing
1:45.4	good news, good business news, good opportunities, good possibilities, booking a trip, whatever it is.
1:52.4	And I felt so complimented by that for a couple of reasons. Number one, I am
1:58.4	sincerely happy when good things happen to other people. And that to me is a real sign of peace. It's not, oh, why not me?
2:08.0	Oh, why not other people have all the luck? No. To me, it's always just evidence that good things are possible, good things happen, and I want to celebrate that when I see that.
2:20.0	And then also, I'm also, you know, I am aware that not everyone wants to hear our good news.
2:26.0	Oscar Wilde famously said,
2:28.0	we want our friends to do well but not too well,
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