Greetings!
One thing that I'm very sure of is that, jealous people would always be around us and I also believe that, so far one is doing good in life, such a person should be expecting those people that will be getting jealous of him or her.
In this life, everyone has the potential of getting jealous of us. In fact, I would say that we all get jealous, but one thing that I used to tell those that are around me is that, even if you are to be jealous of others, do not enter into bitter or unhealthy rivalry with them as this would only consume you if care is not taken.
Having talked much about jealousy and unhealthy rivalry among the human folks, I would like to delve into the topic of the prompt in the Hive student connect community which is all about, “The Jealous friend.”
Before I proceed in my today's write-up, one thing I would like everyone to know is that we all have that jealous friend around us and if you have not discovered yours, it's a matter of time, you will soon discover that your jealous friend.
Back to the the discussion of the day, my experience with my own jealous friend started years back, then I had a dream of getting a plot of land on our street, and just because he was my good friend and a confidant, I walked to Ayo to seek advice on whether I should get the landed property or not. It's in my discussion with him that he advised me the other way round and since I had so much belief and respect in him, I agreed to his opinion and I jettisoned my plan of getting the land for his advice.
After few years, I started to notice that whenever I had good intentions and plans at their things and maybe walked up to him for advice he would surely discourage me, later, I found out that whatever plan I discussed with him and had advised not to do was what he would do and that's when I realised that something was wrong and that he's always jealous of me and my glorious plans.
The event that now broke the camel's back was the one he did last year. This guy got a plot land, built a befitting house and kept everything away from me and I didn't know until he was to do the house warming.
Although, I honoured his invitation to the house warming, but I knew he was not the person I took him for and when the whole thing was over, he told me that he refused to tell me just because he knew that I'm also on a project and that's when I realised he his having this kind of a competition with me in his heart.
So, ever since I discovered who he was, I decided to be passive about our friendship and everything that has to do with my life and plans, i kept from him and with this, I was able to handle and tame his jealousy towards me and I'm happy that I have been able to do well and achieve great things ever since I stopped telling him every of my plans.
Thanks for reading.
The picture is sourced from metaAi.
