What Envy Might Be Trying to Show You

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.

Noticing What It Reflects Back to You

It can also help us notice gifts in ourselves that we have been taking for granted.

These same people have been helping me realize that some of the things that come most naturally to me are creating warmth, helping people feel comfortable, and connecting people who might never have found each other otherwise.

That is often the case with our most natural gifts. We overlook them because they do not feel remarkable to us.

It has made me rethink envy and notice how it is simply showing us what we value and what we may be ready to embrace.

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Reflection Questions: Who has expanded your sense of what’s possible lately? What comes so naturally to you that you may have been overlooking it?

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