A Note on Jealousy

Amanda and I were talking today, and she invited me over to her cubicle to look over a document for her. "Here," she said. "Have a seat."

So I did.

And the first thing I noticed, and almost blurted out: Wow! Your chair is really, really comfortable. Why doesn't my cubicle have a chair this nice?

I got down to reading and offered her some advice on the document, then went back to my cubicle, where I made an important discovery: I have the exact same chair as she does.

So here's the lesson: Don't rush to be jealous of what other people have. Sometimes, like me, you'll find that you already have the thing you were so jealous of, but you took it for granted and never actually realized that you had it.

Even if you don't, though, I'm confident you'll find that you've been getting on fine without it.