Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Jealousy.. Please help??
We are always going to run into people who are better, or more adept, at accomplishing certain things, more so than we are. I am hearing that you are concerned with things that are outside of you, things people have, appearances, status and authority, etc. Are you not content with your accomplishments, your strengths and abilities? If not, why? We should be focusing on what we can do and be content with that and be willing to try and master new things. I am concerned with your question in regards to your possible dissatisfaction. Think about how you were raised, what did people tell you, were they content with your abilities? If not, if you did not have someone there to mirror your accomplishments and abilities, then we can become chronically unfulfilled and lack a level of satisfaction in our goal directed behavior. Convincing yourself that you are superior to others is not the answer, convincing yourself and believing that you can accomplish goals and objectives for yourself is. We all need to have a healthy level of narcissism, or self love. If our abilities, our mastery, our confidence in ourselves was not mirrored or recognized by those we care about, then in can become a problem, hence, feeling we should be better than everyone else for that recognition we did not receive. We will be constantly seeking that "mirror", those people to see that we have done something well and be validated for it, the problem is that we are not getting it from those people we want it from, which leads to feeling empty and frustrated. Focus on what it is you want to complete, not what others think you should complete, take small steps towards bigger goals and recognize that your healthy choices along the way will help obtain those goals; hope this helps.
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