Jealousy is simply and clearly the fear that you do not have value. Jealousy scans for evidence to prove the point - that others will be preferred and rewarded more than you. There is only one alternative - self-value. If you cannot love yourself, you will not believe that you are loved. You will always think it's a mistake or luck. Take your eyes off others and turn the scanner within. Find the seeds of your jealousy, clear the old voices and experiences. Put all the energy into building your personal and emotional security. Then you will be the one others envy, and you can remember the pain and reach out to them. (Jennifer James)
This quote is talking about jealousy. Jennifer James is saying that when we are jealous of someone we are just simply scared that we (ourself) don't have value, or we aren't good enough. We think that we have to be a certain way in order to live up to other peoples expectations. People are jealous because they cannot "love" themselves. In other words they are not satisfied with themselves they want so much to be like others that they are making other people not like them. You have to look at your self and find the good on yourself before you envy others. In order to be confident in yourself you have to find the good in yourself not others. If you keep looking at other people thinking that they are better than you, you are never going to be happy with your true self. When you are jealous of someone else you just have to clear your mind and think that you arejust as good as they are. Then you can turn into the person that others will envy. When you see people who envy you help them don't discourage them. When other people envy you it's probably because they like the person that you are. For example little kids always say that they want to be like their sister or one of their family members. You would want to be a good example for your younger siblings.
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