Exceedingly Rejoice

When I was watching the Superbowl yesterday, at the end of the game my sister wondered, since the two coaches are brothers, how long the losing brother would be upset with the other brother and not want to talk to him. I immediately thought about Captain Moroni. In Alma 59: 1 it says of Moroni, “he was exceedingly rejoiced because of the welfare, yea, the exceeding success which Helaman had had.” It is amazing to me that Moroni could be so righteous and so concerned with others that he would be happy when someone else got what he was wishing he had. It can be so hard to feel happy about other people’s achievements. But what if we could just love each other enough to feel happy when others are happy? To be happy when they achieve their goals and dreams? This world has so much focus on being the best and making sure you get what you want. And we tend to believe that anyone can achieve success if they work at it. But the moment they do, we feel upset and jealous of them. It would do us a lot of good if we would all try to be a little more like Moroni. What if when our brother won the Superbowl, instead of being bitter about it, we could be “exceedingly rejoiced” because of their success? Or if a coworker got the promotion we had been hoping for and instead of holding a grudge against them we sincerely congratulated them? We would all be so much happier if we would take this little lesson from Moroni and rejoice for others.