Envy is the perfect example of an emotion that logically, we know serves no constructive purpose in our lives. It is comparing ourselves, our work, or our accomplishments and possessions to those of another person or group of people. Envy is self-defeating and demoralizing; it is an emotion that creates a status barrier and is selective in its argument. When we enter into an envious state we choose to look at only those things that we value the most and have an avid disregard for any possible negatives or the lifetime commitment employed by the person or people we are comparing ourselves to. Envy is the face of fear and self-loathing; it is the gateway to attack and slander. It has ruined public figures, heroes, political giants, and millions of ordinary people, envy is indiscriminate, it is a corner stone of middle class thinking.
At some time in our lives we have all been debilitated or limited by our own ego driven envy.
So what do we do when feelings of envy consume us? First and foremost let them go, dismiss them, reframe them, take a personal inventory with appreciative eyes. Choose to praise those that you envy and see them with sincere admiration, find beauty and not animosity.
If all of that fails you then wet your finger and stick it into a light socket. Seriously, just get over it; let it go quickly and as efficiently as possible. Otherwise you will never move beyond your limitations.
Live in light not the darkness ~ Think World Class.com