Chat between sisters in a cafe:
“I envy you, you’re so happy at work, so jealous!”
Feeling jealous makes us feel uncertain about self. Seems other people possess more when compared.
It’s great to make an inventory of everything we’re blessed with, our brilliant qualities, terrific talents, reasonable material possessions. Picture self through eyes of someone who truly loves us to realise our immense value, worth, beauty. They see stuff even we are unaware of, our own precious potential!
Evaluating, appreciating everything we are uniquely gifted with keeps negativity at bay. When we see someone’s life, we only see external manifestations. We might think they are lucky, feel inadequate as a result.
Doing this puts another person on an imaginary pedestal, based only on our perceptions about their lives. Actually, it’s worth realising even though things in life might seem a bit unequal on material levels, on a spiritual level we are all the very same. We all struggle, worry, evolve, fail, play, give and love. Love our own uniqueness.