The opposite of schadenfreude is
mudita, a Buddhist term for sympathetic or vicarious joy. It's the joy you feel when someone else succeeds
I could use a little mudita today. What do you have for me, fediverse? Hit me with your successes, the more mundane the better (but I'm all for hearing about your big wins, too)
@kims ooh this feels similar but different to compersion and I love it!
Last Saturday my friend @CymruNerd DMd a DnD session for the first time ever and he was amazing! I was so filled with joy for him and he was proud of himself too, as he should have been. The players all enjoyed themselves too. It was so awesome.
@alexisbushnell @CymruNerd
The great thing about #mudita is that it's multiplicative or exponential or some other math term I can't think of or invent
I can enjoy you enjoying your friend's DMing success -- is that meta mudita? I'm glad everyone had a good time
Kim Scheinberg
Alexis Bushnell