Category: Jealousy & Envy

  • The Knife Killing Crisis is Everyone’s Crisis

    The Knife Killing Crisis is Everyone’s Crisis

    Knife killing has become a common word in England. Nearly every week, though it seems like every day, some kid is knifed, often killed. The other day there was yet another such killing, I should say, at my doorstep. Doorstep in the sense that where it happened, is a place I have been to maybe…

  • How to Know you are Jealous of your Friend

    You are jealous but you don’t want to admit it.  Your friend seems to have it all and even though you are the best of mates, somehow you just don’t feel excited about their news.  You wear the pretend smiles and even say how happy you are for them over their news.  But really…it is…

  • When Others are Insanely Jealous of You

    We have looked at that green eyed monster called jealousy  in relation to dealing with us being jealous of our friends.  Admitting you are jealous, means you are prepared to deal with the emotion…we hope 🙂 But when others are jealous of us and we know they are jealous of us, one would think the issue…

  • When Comparison can be Positive and Healthy

    When Comparison can be Positive and Healthy

    Some time ago, I got talking about avoiding the trap of comparison. But it is not all doom and gloom. There are situations that may ‘call for’ positive comparisons. Yep. I know I wrote a whole thesis that comparison is a trap. However we are talking here of comparisons that don’t lead to jealousy, envy…

  • When you are Jealous of your Friend

    Being jealous of your friend is not a thing that just affects teenage girls…or women.  Yes, men get jealous but in a different way.  They may call it ego.  Yeah right!  It all boils down to jealousy in my opinion.  And jealousy can strain relationships.  There are even instances of parents jealous of their kids!  Pastors…

  • The Comparison Trap – which one could you be in?

    I wish my hair was as long as hers! I want a bigger kitchen. My house is too small. I wish my husband would help with the chores. My kids are not very talented. And on and on. There were two friends, lets call them Jane and Mary. These friends had known each other since…