People who succeed in life do not go around setting scores; they do not even keep scores. They run up the score by doing good to others, even when the others don’t deserve it. They give them better than they are given. And as a result, they often bring the other person up to their level, instead of being brought down to the level of the other.
Jealousy
Kris Vallotton
The grass isn’t greener on the other side – it’s greener on the side you water.
Katherine Walden
Have you ever noticed that the world viciously attacks and slanders those who appear to be ‘too happy and too loving’, suspecting that their happiness and loving actions are all an act? And yet, the world either leaves the “terminally negative” people much to their own devices or, worse yet, it idolizes such negativity and labels it savvy, wise, and discerning.
Unfortunately, this mindset has infiltrated many churches and some ministries built their platform around labelling the happy ones as heretics.
Mel Robbins
Envy lies to you by making you feel like if someone else has what you want, that they’ve somehow taken it away from you. It’s not true.
Katherine Walden
The moment you resent another person’s happiness is the moment you diminish your own.
William Law
January 13, 2020
If someone is leaving you behind, and you are becoming jealous and embittered, keep praying that he may have success in the very matter where he is awakening your envy; and whether he is helped or not, one thing is sure, that your own soul will be cleansed and ennobled.
Danny Silk
The core belief that each person is beautifully unique and valuable, and that there are enough opportunities and resources in the world for every one of us to “happen”– as opposed to the lies that are not valuable and there is not enough for us all to flourish or succeed– leads us to commit to building relationships with high levels of encouragement, affirmation, generosity, and calls to excellence.
Samuel Robinson
I think one of the hardest things in life is learning to “Stay in your lane”. One of the ways to do that, is to CELEBRATE what other people are doing. Competition will put you on the sidelines but celebration of others will allow you to participate in their victories.
Billy Graham
Some people have a warped idea of living the Christian life. Seeing talented, successful Christians, they attempt to imitate them. For them, the grass on the other side of the fence is always greener. But when they discover that their own gifts are different or their contributions are more modest (or even invisible), they collapse in discouragement and overlook genuine opportunities that are open to them. They have forgotten that they are here to serve Christ, not themselves.
Katherine Walden
The number one way to block your creativity. Dabble your paintbrush in another’s palette. Stop comparing your gift to another person’s gift.