jealous of your neighbour..?

@abanerji (1026)
India
May 18, 2009 2:41pm CST
it is a common sight to see neighbours fighting... they would fight over every trivial issue. the basic reason behind these fights and dislikes is jealousy. if one gets a big car the other owning a small car would be jealous. do you have such a neighbours...? are you jealous of your neighbour's success...? i feel there is no point to be jealous of them but we must try to be happy with their happiness and be satisfied with what we have. this would bring peace of mind and hapiness in life.
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@techgurl (451)
• Greece
18 May 09
I am not jealous of my neighbor, but I am definitely a bit suspicious. I think she has an eye for my boyfriend. She is way too friendly with him LOL
@abanerji (1026)
• India
18 May 09
hey! you need to keep an eye on your boy friend too...
• India
19 May 09
nice topic!! u know now a day people r not happy not beocause they are having troubles they are unhappy because their neigbhours are happy..so, they pretend to be happy but actully they are not happy... no i am not unhappy becoz my neigbhours r happy..i ma very optimistic , i saw their scrafice to reach at that status... so, be friendly wid ur neibhours...:)
@stahir45 (103)
• Pakistan
19 May 09
Hi Abanerji! You have raised a good question for discussion. Yes, it is certainly a thing to notice when we see our neighbours fighting. Surprisingly, there may be a large majority of our neighbours we don't find fighting quite often. The fact of the matter is that it is no good to be jealous on the success of your neighbour, a friend or relatives. You should take inspiration from the successes of such people and to find out ways and means as to how should you positively compete them in the way of success. But if you follow the path of jealousy you should do no harm to anybody except yourself and your family. There will be quarrals all around between you and your wife for your wife will persuade you to do something unlawful in order to compete with your neighbour. And if you follow her advice there will be nothing but unhappy situations with psychological diseases like hypertension, blood pressure and much more.
@ladybug565 (2216)
• United States
19 May 09
you might be right. I live in an apartment complex and for 2 years I didnt have a car, boyfriend really nothing and nobody bothered me. I would see everyone allways fighting and be glad that they left me alone. now my daughter moved in I got a boyfriend and all the sudden I have people talking about me and starting trouble for me. It must be jealosy.
• India
19 May 09
I think, We should all remove the word 'jealous' from our mind. We should think, what we are doing, not what others done or doing. Judge thyself before judging others. Probelm is, we can't do that & so all the problems exists.
• China
19 May 09
No way.My family do get along well with our neighbours .Our neighbours also are very friendly,and we are like friends.My parents often have small talk with them when they are all free. There is really no piont in jealousy.If someone have more money and better car than you, and there is no use being jealous,just work hard and make more money, just my point.Nice day.
• United States
18 May 09
I am not jealous, but sometimes admire they looks have more money than us and the wife need not work and stay at home, even their kids are big but I must work and i just have 2 years old son, one neighbour told me: you need work and you have little son, it's a hard life! Just that monment I felt a little bit sad. I want stay home to take care of my son! I love him so much!
@jayrene (2708)
• Philippines
18 May 09
i dont get envious is my neighbor has more material things than us, or have bigger cars, and more beautiful house than us... although i would look and admire what they have, but it dont bother me at all... i've known some people who are like that who always want to keep up with their neighbors... but im not like them. also i dont go out of our house most of the time, and i dont like to talk to y neighbors as most of what they do is to gossip... lol... the usual...
@abkinsey (173)
• United States
18 May 09
I don't waste my time on jealousy. I feel blessed for all that God has given me and for the life that I lead. Other people may have different blessings but that doesn't make them any bigger or better than the blessings in my own life--just different. Hopefully the good in my life will be a blessing to them and the good in their life will be a blessing to me. We don't all have to have everything, we just need to know how to work together.
@Ahmone19 (28)
• United States
18 May 09
I can't say that I'm completely jealous of my neighbor, but I am a little bit. My neighbor is my land lord's sister and she has some serious cash. We get along well with our neighbors, but when we walk into their house it's hard to not be jealous. While I may be happy with where I am and what I have, it never hurts to think about how it would feel to be in their shoes if you ask me.