Day 190 of wisdom
“The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor.”
Socrates
Envy (from Latin invidia) is an emotion which "occurs when a person lacks another's superior quality, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it". Aristotle defined envy as pain at the sight of another’s good fortune, stirred by “those who have what we ought to have.” Bertrand Russell said that envy was one of the most potent causes of unhappiness. (Wikipedia)
Envy is birthed when one is discontent with that which he has, envy does not have any positive effect on the one who bears it, but saps the person of strength, happiness, and joy; envy makes the bearer grow lean while the envied grows fat. One who desire greatness, and aspire to grow must not be envious of those who have, but rejoice in their good fortunes, for in doing so good fortunes become attracted to us.
Ancient Indian teacher, philosopher, economist, jurist, and royal advisor, Chanakya said, "The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones." Your attitude determines what side of the divide you are in, whether on the negative where the foolish, poor, and ugly belong, or on the positive where the rich, chaste, learned, and beautiful belong.
Socrates also said, "Envy is the ulcer of the soul", it eats up a man, and reduces him to nothingness. Deal with envy, fight it, do not let it overcome you, be content with what you have, envy no man, but be glad of other's good, labour to become your best, dream of greatness, work towards improvement, and the sky will be your starting point.
366daysofwisdom
#day190of366
#176daystogo
@kammykroxx
John Kamikun.
No comments:
Post a Comment