“Envy
is the ulcer of the soul.” – Socrates
“Blowing
out the other person’s candle will not make yours shine brighter…”
I’m
one of those mental characters who celebrates others’ good fortune more than
those persons themselves, and what grates on me is when people cannot be happy
for the success of another.
Envy
is an emotion which is natural in everyone. Wikipedia describe it as occurring
“when a person lacks another’s superior quality, achievement or possession and
either desires it or wishes the other lacked it”.
I
do not have a problem with desiring to possess good that I see in others for
myself, be it in qualities, achievements or possessions. A moderate dose of
envy could be a motivating factor or catalyst to achieving your goals. Those
who have achieved more than me inspire me to be more than I am. But I am not
going to injure another in order to gain, nor am I going to wish misfortune on
those who have what I want or desire.
It
is absolutely exhausting to be envious of another person.
At the end of it all, the
envier is more affected by it than the one envied. 
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