Envy and Jealousy

Growing up, I remember wanting what others had. I was envious when childhood friends went on vacations for the summer and all I could look forward to was staying at home. I was jealous to see that a girl in my class had both parents at home while I couldn't even recall the last time I had seen my father.

Envy and Jealousy can lead us to resenting our lives and others for having what we covet. We forget the things that we are actually blessed to have.

There was a time when all I wanted was just another life. I have finally gotten to the point where I am no longer in that resentful phase. I cherish all that I have and appreciate all the things about my life that I once despised.

“You can feel anything. All is free for you to feel. But I guarantee you that if you allow yourself to feel envy and then to swim in it, that envy will destroy you and the people around you. Envy is unlike anger. Envy is not a right wing nor a left wing, it is not on either end of the balancing beam. Nobody needs it and I can assure you that once you give yourself to it, you will be eaten up. Envy can even eat up nations, casting them up against each other and pull a whole nation down into an internal collapse.”
― C. JoyBell C.

Still a work in progress