Jealousy is a common human
feeling and usually stems from a place of lack in our own lives.
Jealousy is
one of the toughest feelings we come up against in our lives. There is not much
worse than this aching sense that somehow life has been unfair to us, while
amply rewarding someone else. It's even worse if that someone else is present
in our daily lives, making it difficult for us to get the space we need to feel
and heal our pain.
Nevertheless,
it is important that we not revel in our jealousy for too long, feeding it with
inner talk or gossip with others. If we do, we run the risk of losing ourselves
to its negative power. Jealousy has something good to offer us, though, and
that is information about our own heart's desire. When we are jealous of
certain people, we want what they have, and if we are to be conscious, we must
acknowledge that. In this way, we discover what we want for ourselves, which is
the first step to getting it. It may be a certain kind of relationship or a
career. Whatever it is, it is possible that we could create it for ourselves,
in our own lives, if we are able to honor our own desires.
Of course,
there are times when we cannot heal our jealousy in this way, and then the
lesson may be about acceptance and the understanding that our path is different
from the paths of those around us. It may be hard to see now, but perhaps it
will eventually be clear why our life has taken its particular path. In the
end, the best cure for jealousy is the recognition that the life we have is
full of its own meaning and beauty, utterly unique to us, a gift that could
never be found in the life of another.
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