jealousy
My New Year's Resolution is: To not be jealous as much
All right, so it is a good four months past the coming of a new year. That is beside the point. I don't believe I made a resolution before, so now is as good a time as any, right?
Well, jealousy isn't a problem, as much as how much you let jealousy affect you. Everyone feels jealous sometimes. It's human nature. But there are some people that can let it roll off of their shoulders, and there are some people that take it to bed with them, and wake up with it in the morning, after a restless three hours of sleep. On a scale of 1 - 10, one being a confident cucumber, and ten being a sour pickle, I would honestly have to say that I am atleast a seven or possibly even an eight in some cases. This isn't good. It isn't good, because not only do I feel jealous, but the jealousy stems off into other emotions.
For instance:
My sister wants to invite her boyfriend to come with us, when we go to my grandparents house for Easter, this coming weekend. I do not want him to come with us, because I know that means that she will spend all of her time with him, and I may find myself very alone the entire time we are there. This makes me jealous, which in turn makes me feel lonely, thinking of the loneliness to come, which in turn makes me very against going to my grandparents house next weekend for Easter. Not terribly healthy.
In this case, I should shrug off the jealousy, remember that there will be many other people there, and that I will have the chance to catch up with a lot of relatives that I have not seen in a long time. I should be enthusiastic about going. Isn't that better?
I pledge, for this year to co- Well, what's left of this year, to try my best not to become jealous as easily as I do. Well, I'll try. :)
All right, so it is a good four months past the coming of a new year. That is beside the point. I don't believe I made a resolution before, so now is as good a time as any, right?
Well, jealousy isn't a problem, as much as how much you let jealousy affect you. Everyone feels jealous sometimes. It's human nature. But there are some people that can let it roll off of their shoulders, and there are some people that take it to bed with them, and wake up with it in the morning, after a restless three hours of sleep. On a scale of 1 - 10, one being a confident cucumber, and ten being a sour pickle, I would honestly have to say that I am atleast a seven or possibly even an eight in some cases. This isn't good. It isn't good, because not only do I feel jealous, but the jealousy stems off into other emotions.
For instance:
My sister wants to invite her boyfriend to come with us, when we go to my grandparents house for Easter, this coming weekend. I do not want him to come with us, because I know that means that she will spend all of her time with him, and I may find myself very alone the entire time we are there. This makes me jealous, which in turn makes me feel lonely, thinking of the loneliness to come, which in turn makes me very against going to my grandparents house next weekend for Easter. Not terribly healthy.
In this case, I should shrug off the jealousy, remember that there will be many other people there, and that I will have the chance to catch up with a lot of relatives that I have not seen in a long time. I should be enthusiastic about going. Isn't that better?
I pledge, for this year to co- Well, what's left of this year, to try my best not to become jealous as easily as I do. Well, I'll try. :)