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[LilacTree]

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@tansy wrote:

I have my moments.

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@tansy, love that answer!  It made me chuckle.

My computer sits right next to my window on the first floor of my apartment.  I have to admit when I see folks jogging by, walking their dogs . . . and they're not all young either, I get somewhat envious when I'm feeling low.

[hoosieroriginal]

No, I consider myself the luckiest person in the world - I have my health, I can manage my money on my minimal income, I own my home, and I have the love of my dogs, Story and Sedona.  I feel truly blessed every day.  I live a very simple life, and the more simple it is, the more I love it.  Having "things" in my life (expensive purses, fancy cars, etc.) mean nothing to me - they're "things".  Things can't make you happy.

[missy1]

Sometimes. I am just going to say. it. Others that are just " given things". Not just material items/money. Also, opportunities, breaks, and who you know. etc.

[Jacie]

Nope, I got over myself early on!

[Montana]

When I was a teen, I was so envious of a girl who seemed to have everything.  Years later, I happened to run across her and life had not been kind to her.  

Right then, I swore I would never envy anyone again.  And for the most part I haven't.  But if I ever start to feel that way again, I remember this girl and how I can never really know what another person's life is like.

[Camry22]

There are things I'd like to improve about myself but I am not envious of others.

[StylishLady]

I used to think like that when I was young. I didn't have much and worked hard as a single working girl to get what I did have. Now years later I have all the nice things that I could only have dreamed about, along with a loving husband, children and grandchildren, and closets full of my favorite things.

[Noel7]

No, I've never been jealous, either.  They seem to be somewhat close emotions, I think.

[!FitChick!]

I learned about envy the hard away. I envied a co-worker who lived on mutliple acres, had horses, the latest gadgets..A short time later she found out her husband was having an affair..she left the home, ended up sleeping on a friends sofa while coming to work in tears everyday from seeing her school age children off to school, and started almost from scratch.  My co-worker traded her $$ SUV for a mid size car, got a modest town house for her and her girls, and worked a second job to make ends meet. i admitted to my co-worker that i had envied all the material stuff she had and she replied "none of that stuff means a thing when you are being deceived."  Remember things aren't always what they seem.

[kelsey17]

Not having the greatest health over the last few years i envy others my age when i see them do physical things i wish i could do....................