Sometimes the people we envy are pointing us toward something important.

I’ve been thinking about the people who expand my sense of what’s possible. What grabs my attention is rarely just their success. It is usually something more human than that: a sense of ease in who they are and the feeling that they trust themselves and the life they are building.

Envy can be useful. It can show us where we want to grow, what we want more of, and what feels possible for us too.