My brother, his wife and 2 friends came over for dinner tonight at my parents' place. Funny how I can never spend too much time with my brother without feeling a sense of jealousy arising. Weird isn't it? There was a time where I would blame him for all my dissatisfactions. It would be his loud nature, his insensitivity, his shortcomings that was the problem.
Now perhaps a little older and wiser, I realize that there is nothing wrong with my brother. There is nothing wrong with the world, in fact. There is only problem in the way that I choose to react to a given situation. If we were truly happy, happy beyond a reasonable doubt, the success and happiness of others will not breed jealousy. Only a feeling of compassion towards others. Happiness when they are happy and sadness when they are sad.
There is nothing concrete that is stopping me from gaining every success in the world, should I be willing to put myself out there and risking failure.
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