Stop envying others. Start loving yourself.

Humans are greedy. Creatures who are never satisfied. Who demand more and more, without knowing when to stop. As a human, we constantly battle with our own will. Constantly in conflict with our inner self. We use a lot of our time in a day to look at someone else and wish we were them. We spend plenty of time wanting to be someone we're not. Wanting someone else's properties. Wanting a stranger's life. Wondering what it's like to walk in their shoes. Guess what? We never know. We never will. Because the only life we can walk in is our own life. The very life that, for us, is miserable, pathetic, and maybe lonely. Guess what? We're not the only one who think that way. That someone we wish we could be, they might feel the same way about their life. 

The point I'm trying to make here, is that we should stop looking at another people's life. It will always be greener on the other side of the wall. Our eyes and brain have conspired for years and years to deceive us. They're partners in crime. It's time to put a stop to this. It's time for us to take over our brain and eyes, and show them who's in charge. We are. 

Who cares if our neighbor has a new hatchback, a muscle car, an all new MPV, and God knows what else. Who cares if our friend landed in a job that pays more than you. Well, I care. Right? Who doesn't? We want a prestigious position, in a prestigious company. We want fancy, sport cars, luxurious possessions, so we can brag to the world how successful we are. But what's the point? By doing that, we only serve to satisfy people, not ourselves. Why can't we be happy with what we have and what we don't have? Let's work with what we have, to get what we don't have, not to satisfy others, but only to show ourselves what we're capable of. To use our potential to its maximum. To please God in a way He allows. or please the universe, depending on what you believe. It doesn't matter.

Today I read an article that one of my friend wrote. I saw as clearly as the sky how obvious and purposeful her life is. How she seems to know where to go in her life, how she has everything planned for, and how she knows the direction to get to her dream. I envied her. I wish I had a tiny weeny bit of that quality of hers. But I don't. Yet. and it's okay. We are different after all. The way we're raised is different. The world we live in is different in a way. But we're all survivors. We're all soldiers. Fighting to find our place in the world. The fight and the effort we give are what differentiate one with another. It makes us special. Every one of us is special and carefully made. So what's the use of trying to be someone else? Jealous of what others have? We'll never be them just by jealousy. I realized it now. This basic knowledge, something that people have grasped long time ago, I may have only grasped it now. But it's okay. My life has just started. Now I know I'm ready. 

The universe will conspire to help us, if we put the right amount of effort into everything we do and pursue. So stop envying others and start loving yourself. We are who we are for a number of reasons. We can't choose where we came from, but we can choose where do we go from there. Remember that.