Does jealously have value in driving humans to improve themselves or is it a purely negative emotion?
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I haven’t seen this person or his posts.
Recognizing something you also want, or recognizing a flaw in yourself, through the eyes of others doing or achieving something, is part of how we grow.
You can treat it as a learning moment and see the person as a temporary mentor to model after. This is maturity and growth.
Or, you can get angry and pissy that it isn’t happening to you (and maybe you have done nothing to deserve it), and try to drag the person down, because of a sick belief that you will rise with their falling. This is immaturity and negative. Unfortunately, many times, this is the response that comes.
Recognizing something you also want, or recognizing a flaw in yourself, through the eyes of others doing or achieving something, is part of how we grow.
You can treat it as a learning moment and see the person as a temporary mentor to model after. This is maturity and growth.
Or, you can get angry and pissy that it isn’t happening to you (and maybe you have done nothing to deserve it), and try to drag the person down, because of a sick belief that you will rise with their falling. This is immaturity and negative. Unfortunately, many times, this is the response that comes.