A Cure for Envy
The cure begins when we accept it's OK to admire the accomplishments and achievements of others without wanting to become that person or erase that person by taking their place in a situation that doesn't belong to us. If you look at your life and feel dissatified, you may be entering the state known as "divine dissatisfaction." Divine dissatisfaction, a phrase many of us have heard for several years, is an invitation to growth and personal development. If you refuse the invitation, you may slide into that space known as envy. Envy is dangerous because it is supported by a distant, limited- knowledge judgment of another person's life. Envy is built upon an impossible fantasy of wanting another life we haven't been given and a life we don't fully understand. Even more sadly, envy takes our focus away from personal improvement and moves our focus to resentment of another person. Envy may even turn our resentful energies towards God. Conside...