Monday Chip---Jealous/Content

[Misty]

I had to go to the laundermat cuz the equipment in the apartment blg.
I live in is broken. The idiot up stairs tried to wash a huge quilt in the washing machine and she broke it. I am jealous of any one who has their own private equipment
I did for a while and I was very glad and content. I hope to get it again. I can dream can't I???? Are you content or jealous? Please let me know! Thanks!----Mistyeve

[johnl]

I am content today,there is no point in me being jealous of what others have because i put myself in the position I am in.Nothings free if i want it I need to work for it.

[Lin]

I agree with John. No need to be jealous of what others have. Many of my freinds i went to school with have much nicer homes than I do. I've lived in the same one since 1970. But i chose this life. I may as well be content with what I have. Instead of wishing i could ahve more, I accept what I have. I find contentment in knowing I have enough.

There are times i wish I had more so i could help others more than i do, but it's not a jealousy thing. It's more of a compassion thing and I have to stop at a certain point or my bills dont get paid. I see people in a store who look like they cant pay for what is in their cart and i jsut want to hand them money. I usually dont ahve it to give them. This christmas I gave so often to others that I barely got my bills paid. it was CLOSE!

Count me content. I have what I need and am happy with that.

LIN

[lildee]

Good Morning Mistyeve,

There is an old saying :- " Be carfeul what you wish for you might actually get it."

I have a washer/dryer in my apartment, a remnant from the prior owner. Well to make a long story short, the first time I used it it flooded the whole place and all the water went down to the superindendent's office. So you can bet he was hopping mad. I tried it a few more times with no luck. So I just had a plumber come and disconnect it. Better that the mess is somewhere else instead of me mopping up buckets of water.

I don't know somehow content & jealous aren't a good fit together. (IMHO)

I can be discontent or unhappy and not be jealous of someone, or something.

As a whole I am content. Sure there are a few little things here and there that have cropped up, a broken dishwasher, unfinished repairs, dental woes. But these are all things that come with everyday life. Life wouldn't be interesting if everything was always staus quo. It would get real boring. These things also keep me focused in reality and what is really going on in my world. So I am grateful for the challenges that God puts in front of me.


Love & God Bless
Arlene

[Misty]

Dear John---I do work for everything I have and I know how it feels to be with and with out....
Mistyeve

Dear Lin---You reminded me of what the oldtimers said to me in the early days of my sobriety. WANT WHAT YA HAVE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE WHAT YOU WANT. I understand it but sometimes don't like it!!!
Mistyeve

Dear Arlene----You are right about
difficulties making life more interesting nd challenging. I have hear it said that this kinda stuff is "character building" Thanks for
stopping by!----Mistyeve

[caressa]

Jealous I am not and don't want to go there today. Too many times I have been the recipient of other people's defects and it is not a place I like to be. I learned early in recovery to be happy with what I had. Anything is better than the nothing I had when I arrived here.

On the whole, I am content with my life. There is always room for more and I know that always being in a state of being needy and greedy does not lead to inner peace and contentment.

I have always wanted a dishwasher, but content to utilize the two-legged ones I have around on occasion, and when all else fails, I use my own!

[Misty]

Dear Caressa---You brought up an interesting point about wants and needs. I did what I needed to do but it sure wasn't what I wanted!!!
Thanks for stopping by----Mistyeve