I Don't Envy Part 2

Just for the record ... I don't ENVY ... and I don't get JEALOUS with someone's else gift, talent, possessions and successes. I don't envy because I am content with what God has given me.

Envy starts when you start counting the blessings of others instead of counting your own. You put yourself in a pit where you allow yourself to live miserably harping on things that you don't have. 

Have you ever asked yourself why he was successful and you were not? It is easy. He was dreaming big ... and he was focused on making that dream a reality ... compared to you who don't have ambition ... you have dreams ... yes ... but they are just dreams ... because you don't do anything about it.  

So what right do you have to envy? While the rest of humanity is busting their butt off ... you enjoy sleeping and loafing around like every day is a non-working holiday. You felt you were still juvenile at 30?

And don't feed envy and jealousy by always comparing yourself with others. Brother ... there is no need to compare ... and there is no point in bursting your jugular making a case for the indefensible ... it is just like comparing apples to oranges.

Envy and jealousy are venomous to the soul, they can destroy you from the inside out. Start the year by loving yourself, and learning to accept, be thankful, and be appreciative of what you received.

Don't look the other way ... if your neck craned to check on your neighbor's blessing ... it will eat you alive and the more envious you become.

Your competition is not the ordinary Juan's trying to make both ends meet. Haven't you realized your biggest competition is yourself ... the big ego in you. And not to be forgotten ... there's the procrastinator doubling as your alter ego... who always has the habit to delay and put things off. You can't even TAKE OFF ... and the moment you become AIRBORNE ... you are already requesting a TOUCH DOWN.

Don't resent somebody's gift. Discover your own. Enough said.