To envy is to desire what others have for yourself - a sense of injustice for yourself, but no ill-feeling towards the other
To be jealous is to desire what others have for yourself, but in addition a desire that the other did not have it.
Both are problematic because both result in feeling bad for yourself. Just to cure jealousy will not cure the enviousness. And envy can easily revert back to jealousy. It is better to work on oneself to be envy free also.
I like this thread. You are brave. I often feel the same, not to the same extent as I am happy where I am now. Maybe our modern era makes us need to be perfect in every aspect of our lives. I make dua that Allah takes envy out of my heart too. I think it begins with gratitude for what we have i.e. counting every minute blessing.
I like this thread. You are brave. I often feel the same, not to the same extent as I am happy where I am now. Maybe our modern era makes us need to be perfect in every aspect of our lives. I make dua that Allah takes envy out of my heart too. I think it begins with gratitude for what we have i.e. counting every minute blessing.
The only person to really be jealous of is cat woman because she has special secret powers that us mere mortals cannot acquire. Still i don't think i would try to be jealous i'd admire instead. See in the world there will always be people better or worse than you. Isn't it better to know the people who are better than you in whatever way they are? You knwo them so youc an learn from them.