Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
From five hundred miles away jealousy can hear the crumpling of a pillow beneath two heads. — Naomi Replansky
When the green-eyed monster, jealousy, takes up residence in our heads, everything we used to know about ourselves shrinks and disappears. Suddenly, our lives are all about lack. We don’t have enough affection; we don’t have enough money. We’ve missed out on the lover, the grant, the promotion, the inheritance. Our bodies, homes, wardrobes, work — all that we have is inadequate compared with what others have, with what they have stolen from us!
In this turbulent and painful state of mind, we can sometimes step back and see how absurd our claims to superiority or inferiority are. Comparing ourselves unfavorably with others, insisting that we’ve missed out on what matters, casts a pall over our lives and disempowers us, as any obsession will. If we’re suffering from jealousy, it’s time to take a deep breath and to pray for abundance and fulfillment in the lives of those we envy. Whether our prayers are open-hearted or begin grudgingly, in time generosity will flow from us again, toward ourselves and others.
Today, I am grateful for abundance in my own and others’ lives.
Hazelden Foundation
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