Day 14 - May 29, 2010 - Jealousy is a Disease

If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb

I never thought I would ever be jealous of a sheep. I hate wearing wool. It is super itchy. Sheep are cute and fluffy, but they smell and they're not exactly the smartest of creatures. For all their flaws, they are certainly suited to live in Scotland! I saw this fat, fluffy little guy near Hadrian's wall. The winds were high and the temperature was low. My ears, nose, hands, arms, and feet were freezing. And there sat this sheep. Warm. Content. Her nose wasn't cold. Her ears weren't stinging from the cold.

I wasn't really "jealous" of the sheep, but it did make me realize how often we want what we can't have. We're all equipped properly to fill our place in the world. A sheep doesn't need to be smart or smell good. It just needs to be warm. We always seem to want what we don't have when, in reality, we have precisely what we need to succeed. We don't need the talents of another person. We must learn to be comfortable in our own skins. Jealousy doesn't change our situation. Attitude does.