Cabalistic Nights

A competent and self confident person in incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.

I just think we're wasting time being jealous of others. There will always be people who have things that you don't have, that you desire but there's absolutely no point in sulking over it. This not only applies to inanimate objects, it also applies to people. There is no point being jealous of someone because they spend more time with someone else. Just cherish the time you get to spend with them, because there will always be people who receives more than you do.

As a personal example, a guy is jealous of me because he thinks his girlfriend would spend more time with me instead of him. Personally, I don't see this as a problem. She doesn't have to spend time with only one of us. Can't we hang out as a group? Of course, he would want time alone with her, and I understand that, but perhaps it's time he learnt to share? Giving up my own time so they could be together, I would consider that as generous, wouldn't you? And yet he's still not satisfied with that.

There will always be times when you become jealous of someone else because of what they have and what you don't have. We must learn to overcome that because there are always people better off than yourself, yet they lead much happier lives being grateful for what they have. Jealousy isn't the key. Gratitude allows us to be happier. Cherish the things you have because you never know when they might disappear.