tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post6372460710547745695..comments2024-03-25T13:17:56.636-06:00Comments on A Chicken in the Window Well: Jealousy is yuckNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045958241240870948noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-59918637654846692742008-03-10T21:54:00.000-06:002008-03-10T21:54:00.000-06:00Oops - I just said my friend has been Young Men's ...Oops - I just said my friend has been Young Men's President and Young Men's Stake calling...now that would be something to be jelous of..you all know I meant YW!!!Welcome!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14022386914575038857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-69287537852817123622008-03-10T21:52:00.000-06:002008-03-10T21:52:00.000-06:00So here's the deal--I get jealous and I don't like...So here's the deal--I get jealous and I don't like it either..but here is a problem of my jealousy..for example my good friend was just made RS President, she has been YM President and Stake YM counselor etc. etc. but here's the thing..I sometimes feel people get these callings because they are better and more religious than I am. Mike reminded me yesterday that the Bishop would be crazy to call me to such a position with my nutty Mutty (that is my Autistic son) but still, does anyone sometimes feel that way even if it isn't right or true? I mean once I was in the RS presidency and once a counselor in the Primary Pres but never a President of anything...stupid huh cause really I don't want to be the one in charge but my jealousy makes me want the name. Help!Welcome!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14022386914575038857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-86949379310717110772008-03-09T19:43:00.000-06:002008-03-09T19:43:00.000-06:00Oh, and just so you know...I'm always perfectly ha...Oh, and just so you know...I'm always perfectly happy for you and the other sweet members of your family, because you are ever so deserving. Not a poo-sniffer among you.Gracie Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01903947461479524540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-68539309080398375932008-03-09T19:41:00.000-06:002008-03-09T19:41:00.000-06:00Not to refute any of the nice things you have said...Not to refute any of the nice things you have said, but I think there are times when a good amount of jealousy is warranted. For example, when you have an 18 year old sleezing around trying to steal your husband. Is that a situation in which you should sit back and NOT be jealous? Maybe I don't handle things correctly all the time. I live in a ward of the haves, the have-nots and the hope to haves. I think I'm somewhere in between the hope to haves and the haves. This little post of yours reminds me of that hymn "School Thy Feelings." It's all about perception and being in control of what you can control and praying to have strength to control yourself and your emotions. I don't think there's anything wrong with a little bit of competitiveness, but you need to figure out if it's really warranted in whatever scenario. I agree with your friend Tash. I'm perfectly happy for people that are nice and have a lot, it's the snooty, poo-sniffing people that have a lot that I'm not ever very able to be happy for. Sorry for this long, long comment. But there ya go.Gracie Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01903947461479524540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-10227817096178568062008-03-07T19:10:00.000-07:002008-03-07T19:10:00.000-07:00P.S. I am not "cooler" than Marzee, but cool peopl...P.S. I am not "cooler" than Marzee, but cool people like herself are bound to say that about nerds like me!!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045958241240870948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-28438594207112173252008-03-07T19:08:00.000-07:002008-03-07T19:08:00.000-07:00Thanks again to more of you for your niceness!! I ...Thanks again to more of you for your niceness!! I feel almost embarrassed!! You all made me feel so good! (Yah,especially the ghetto booty P! Hehe.) Liz, thanks for ever thinking of me as an example of something so nice and unexpected. I've always loved you like a sister, so maybe you didn't get as many because you might not have been as wholly available as such a great listening friend for so many others if you always had your sisters around. Sar, thanks for saying my writing is like listening to me talk (yes, I talk as rambly as I write to those who don't know :)). And Natasha, to the people you were talking about -- easy, Priscilla just scratches their eyes out. Thanks again for nice nice all!!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045958241240870948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-62491084192296525052008-03-07T12:10:00.000-07:002008-03-07T12:10:00.000-07:00Nanc, I 'm glad you don't find yourself being jea...Nanc, I 'm glad you don't find yourself being jealous very often. You really don't have any reason to be jealous of others. In fact, I hope you don't mind but I often use you as an example in my Miamaid lessons of a person who is so accepting and kind to others no matter what their circumstance. I wouldn't say I have ever been jealous of you, but just proud to call you one of my very best friends. Even if we don't see each other for years on end sometimes. Okay, I am a little jealous of the friendship you share with your sisters. I think it is awesome!! I always wanted my Meg to have that, but oh well! No sisters for her.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06326732462509786783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-34769980216153467162008-03-07T09:46:00.000-07:002008-03-07T09:46:00.000-07:00Jealousy is definetly one of those interesting fee...Jealousy is definetly one of those interesting feelings that causes all sorts of problems and is best avoided. You said it great, you just have to realize we are all blesses with different things and be happy for what the other person has that we don't!!! And I love that I can read your blog and feel like I am just listening to you talk and tell your stories.BS and the Kidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07936785622094059455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-48306655453544352902008-03-07T00:12:00.000-07:002008-03-07T00:12:00.000-07:00Geez, nice stuff ya'll. Thanks!!Geez, nice stuff ya'll. Thanks!!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045958241240870948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-74404257071137604042008-03-06T21:44:00.000-07:002008-03-06T21:44:00.000-07:00Yeah, jealousy is very "yuck". The thing that's h...Yeah, jealousy is very "yuck". The thing that's helped me is to see the cool things that make me ME and to examine any insecurities that I have. I've been able to get over them for the most part. I have to say it is much easier to see the gifts that others are blessed with once you force yourself to see your own gifts AND let go of any bad beliefs that you might have about yourself. It's all about accepting the coolness that is YOU, and Nancy, my friend, YOU are pretty dang cool. So so clever! Always quick-witted. Thought-provoking. Super fast runner! Cute ghetto booty! Such a "bad" wife and awesome mom to the cutest kids ever! ALL good things!Lover of Sweetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01060000453585318391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-39708113489263491692008-03-06T18:34:00.000-07:002008-03-06T18:34:00.000-07:00I always think that if someone is beautiful talent...I always think that if someone is beautiful talented etc... all teh better for them...the only time that it bugs me if they look down on others and are jerky...then I am not really jealous, just kind of bugged by their stiffneckedness I guess... Guess I gotta get over that too.<BR/>I just think the better people are the better you can be cuz it rubs off, so we can keep lifting up and up that way. I hope that makes senseSalty Incisorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07932995164910495441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-36972012190522325942008-03-06T17:13:00.000-07:002008-03-06T17:13:00.000-07:00Ok - So i posted . . . and it was too long - so I ...Ok - So i posted . . . and it was too long - so I emailed it to you. But just so everyone knows it - Nancy is cooler than me! But of course, they already know that. So Nanc - you're wonderful, I look up to you for so many reasons and appreciate your friendship.<BR/>I feel that there are very few people I can call "friend", so it really does mean a lot to me. Thank you for your kind words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com