Metaphor
Envy is almost never satisfied by gaining what the other person has. It is the resentment that they have it. Comparison turns…
Pride · Joy · Anger
Quote
If All but Myself Were Blind
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin wrote, “It is the eyes of other people that ruin us. If all but myself were blind, I should want neither a fine house nor fine furniture.” Much of what we chase is chased because someone else has it. Remove the audience of comparison and many of our “needs” shrink.
How you’d preach it
Sharp observation on how much of our discontent is fueled by comparison.
- Rest
Franklin