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Show I Envy. One of the most degrading attii-butcsthata attii-butcsthata peison can cultivate is envy. It leads a person to place the opposite construction on things done by those who aie inoie fortunate In life than they themselves; it Induces B 'I a person to malign and Impugn the BB l motives of otheis. Point out a good, BB I pious person to the envious man and BH ask what he thinks or him, and he BB .' j will tell) ou that the good man Is a BB ; , hypocrite; call his attention to a man BH 1 or attainments, he will tell you he is BH , p "stuck up"; ask him what he thinks HH ! of :i man that has been successful in HH I business atTairs and has made money, HB I ' the answer will come back that the HB , individual is a thief and a robber, HH ' , having pilfered the poor people or HH I those witli whom lie has had dealings. HH ' The sphlt or envy is that which H , rankles and ilourishcs in the lwsom of HH t the anaichKt a feeling that sonic- HB i I body's acquisitions that are greater I BB , I than their own slmuld be divided. B. ; j The bilghtncss or prosperity that Bfl j I surrounds otlicis gies pain to the BB envious peison. Instead or trying to BH i iueieasc their belongings by skill, toll BH and Ingenuity, they take moie do BH ' light In tiy lug to diminish the efforts I HH -j or otheis, and seek to elevate them-' BH sehes by degiadlng others. H 'A '''he excellence or others is what' Bl inoducesenvy. Soue envious persons HB i leplne and worry over tlie way others HH I, live as ir they themselves had to sup- H , port them. F.vll men gcneialiy will H j tiy to lessen that v.hlch they will not HB try to imitate, theicroic envious peo- HB - pie aie doubly misciable In being af- BB J llictcd with otheis' piospciity and BH t their own adversity. Envy Is himllar BB " to a poisonous reptile that can be HH made to sting itself to death. HB Let one and all cultlvato a dfsposl- HB tlon opposite to that of envy. When BB ,1 It is observed that a person is more B , 'jHBk. fortunate in lire than you have bccu,!f BB iBBBBm lie Is honest and upright do not hn- HBBBBBBHJ pugn or misconstrue his motives, but rather Unci out his key to success and If possible Imitate lilm. A great deal of envy Is engendered by seeing others moc in higher circles than wc do ourselves, and a feeling of undue aval Ice overtakes us. Tills Is wrong. Instead of casting our eycs"upon those who aie better Limn wc, let us lurn our altcnllon to the opposite and compare our own conditions with those who arc less ravored in life than wc. Let us reason with ourselves by asking whether or not Lhosc below us in life have not as much right to be envious of ourselves as wc have of those who arc abov us. Envy Is brought about mainly 'by discontent. View tilings from the bright side; be satlstlcd with your lot and sphere-It could be much worse thereby encouraging en-couraging a feeling of satisfaction and a due regard for the true worth or our Tcllow man. Uy bringing ourselves to this condition, wc will become bet tcr prepared to grapple witli the stern realities or life and be more successful success-ful In our pursuits and lie happier in every way. |