Envy

Jogging around the neighborhood I noticed some things to envy.
Big beautiful homes, new homes
fine automobiles
and I thought about the enviable careers and families and vacations
and on and on and on....

But I always tell myself to not envy. Envy is just painful for me.
But what to do? What remedy for envy?

So here is a thought.
While I may envy the big beautiful new home, do I envy the labor and sacrifice that someone made to get that home?

So if I look at the total picture, maybe there is less to envy.
And what about me?

Do I inspire envy?
I am fit. I jog every day.
I see others who are not fit. I see one man in a wheel chair.
Does he envy me? I hope he does not.

Remedy for envy
contentment with one's lot.