5 Effective Tips to Remove Envy from Your Life
Your life doesn’t need more rotten potatoes.
Once a teacher told his disciples: “Go home and write down the names of the people you envy. But do not use paper for this. Write each name down on a separate potato, and bring me your potatoes tomorrow, so we can discuss them.”
The students were eager to complete the assignment. Some brought only two or three potatoes, others dragged in a heavy sack. But the teacher didn’t address the topic that day, only told the students to bring the potatoes to the next lecture.
This happened over and over, and every day, the disciples carried their potatoes with them. The potatoes started rotting, and their weight became an annoyance.
The students initially hoped to air all their grievances about their enemies: this person doesn’t deserve his marriage, that person didn’t earn her wealth. But as the stench of rotting followed them to class, they became thoroughly sick of the assignment.
At last, the teacher looked at them and said, “This situation is very similar to what you carry in your heart when you don’t like some people. This hatred makes your heart unhealthy and you carry that hatred in your heart everywhere you go. If you can’t bear the smell of spoiled potatoes for a week, imagine the impact on…
