The Green Eyed Monster

Have you ever looked at someone, someone you love even, and can't help but notice that they have everything you want that you don't have? Most of the time it has nothing to do with material possessions, but love, happiness, stability, friends, family. Have you ever just been so overwhelmed at how freaking unfair life is sometimes, at how far the scales are tipped in someone else's favor?

Jealousy is a horrible thing. It eats you up inside, gnaws at your self esteem and optimism, spreads bitterness like a toxin. But how are you supposed to deal with it? It's hard and horrible to resent someone you love very much for something that's not even their fault. I try to lock it away deep inside and think to myself that there are people who feel the same way about me, that eventually one day things will shift and the person I envy will envy me. Everyone has great periods and really crappy periods in their life. Most of the time this helps, but damn if it doesn't get me sometimes.