Question:“On envy”
On envy
Envy is the first feeling to know what you want. What hurts is not what the other person has. It is what you have not yet begun.
Beside the name of the person you envy, write only the one thing of theirs you truly want. The rest may be crossed out. Take one step toward what remains this week.
Hesiod wrote that potter envies potter and carpenter envies carpenter. He called it the good strife, the kind that rouses people to work.