A Date With Envy.

Envy & Jealousy. What is your take? This world is full of people with the burning desire to do exactly what you do, and actually do it better. How do you handle it? 

Let me crawl up on my soap box for a moment.......

Are you jealous, or envious of others? Do you have a hateful heart? Do you hold grudges? Do you get easily upset when you think something should go your way and perhaps it goes in the way another?

I think jealousy is a sign of insecurity and immaturity.

If you want something bad enough you stop at nothing to get it. You put everything you have into and working twice as hard to accomplish that goal or dream. You don't try to compete or get mad or loose friends over something not worth envy & jealousy.

I think it is sad that friends can't support one another in their dreams. No matter if a friend is better at something than you are, take the time to learn and be just as good. In anything you do there will always be someone that is going to do it better, faster, prettier, wiser, etc. So, do you sit back and be upset? Do you shut down, sulk, and cry? Do you seriously put a long term friendship to rest because you can't get over it?

So what you have a friend that tried something and is good at it and it has taken off! Have you put the time into? No seriously, have you invested your whole heart into whatever it is that is making you so upset? Have you spent the same amount of countless hours reading, studying, researching, practicing, that they have? If no, then what are you so upset about?

I say this with ever fiber of my being. I am eager to learn. I have passions that I wish I could turn into realities. I am a dreamer. I am a cryer. I am a do-gooder. I want to be the best, the only. But in reality that is not always going to be the case, and in some regards that will never be the case. I will never be able to do some of the things I have dreamed of doing for many, many years. Some of the fault is my own, and other is circumstance. No matter the situation, I don't push that blame off on those that can. I am happy for them, proud for them, and support them.

So if your boyfriend is Mr. Envy and you have a date with him any time soon, think back on the reality of the situation and see just how much ground you have to stand on before your jealousy ruins your thoughts. In the end what do you get out of having a date with Envy?