Are you ready to break away from the cycle of self pity and envy? Has self pity and envy become a bad habit you find hard to overcome? When the same actions are continually repeated, we get comfortable with them and they become a habit. In the case of envy and self pity, they are bad habits which can make us bitter and resentful.
Envy is simply jealousy of someone else and what they have. When you are jealous of someone else, you are comparing yourself to them. The easiest way to turn this around is to turn this envy into a goal. You obviously want something that someone else has, so why not make it a goal to obtain it for yourself also? If you are envious of your friend for having a new car. Make it a goal for yourself to get a new car also. You don't have to take it away from them in order to obtain it for yourself. Change your mindset - be happy for your friend for having a new car. Say to yourself - I can have a new car too. Make it your new goal. Don't let envy turn you into a bitter and unhappy person. You can turn these negative thoughts around.
The same thing is true about wallowing in self pity. You have to change your mindset from feeling sorry for yourself to becoming a positive and optimistic person. Self pity can be overcome by promising yourself that when you start feeling sorry for yourself, you will turn your thoughts to the things in life you are grateful for. Self pity is simply a bad habit; but it can be broken by refocusing on the positive and changing the way you think.
Envy and self pity go hand in hand. You must work on breaking both of these bad habits so you can get back to enjoying life and becoming the happy person you deserve to be.
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