u know how jealousy and envy has a way of telling us things that we come to believe it by and by.
" Do you think u're really fine the way u are? Look at the girl beside you. Look at her legs, her arms. They are so slim!"
" Do you think you are happy? Look at the girls around you. They all have boyfriends and they are happy! You seem to be sad though... quite pitiful huh.....?"
sounds familiar?
You've just heard MR JEALOUSY AND MISS ENVY.
Dont we all sometimes come to believe them, even though our family and friends say otherwise? Then we begin to feel so inferior, small and not good enough. Sometimes, we become jealous of our friends and we begin to lose our temper at them, be sarcastic to them or avoid them. Not knowing that, we have in fact heard the wrong voice! There's nothing wrong with you if you're felt jealous or envious, theer's something wrong if you act on them and allow them to manipulate your life!
For me, it has happened countless times. I am envious of those who are rich, pretty, popular and friends who are attached. Whenever MR Jealously and Miss Envy turn up, I'd start to resent even what i have, and begin to desire what others have. Somehow, i begin to think they are right! Well, if i have that, i'll be even happier! If i can have that, whoa.that will be good!"
U see, Mr Jealously and Miss Envy have a way of making us feel inadequate, incomplete. They let us see our insecurites, instead of what we already have. Then we strive harder and harder, and in the end, LOSE ourselves.
However, the good news is, if you hear more closely, you'd hear another voice!
This voice tells u, " Arent u happy now? Shouldn't you be happy for ur friends? You have enough. You are fine, the way you are!"
well, i guess to be jealously free and envy free, we need to constantly shut off their voice, and hear the latter inner voice inside us. Afterall, the inner voice coincides more with the real and true us. In life, there's always bound to be someone prettier than you, macho than you, richer than you, more popular than you, have more boyfriends than you (oops...) etc etc...if you are gonna be to bugged by them, gosh, then who are you living for?
and i'm so glad to realise the inner voice of me says i am enough, i'am doing fine, even thou i may not have what my friends have. I want to consciously make the effort to shut off MR Jealously and MISS Envy. Cos i dun wanna lose the realness and joy that's truly, inside of me. WHo i really am. It's gonna be hard. But i believe it is not unattainable. Afterall, i have a God who WILL take care of me!
Dear friends, I am so happy when i see that you are happy. I WANT to be happy for u all. I know Jealousy and Envy may tell me otherwise, but i am not going to believe them. I want to be sincerely happy for u guys. And i sincerely wish u all the best. Couples listen up, yao xiang qin xiang ai orh!!geez....my hairs are standing!......ha.
