Why does someone else’s success make us feel so crummy? Why do some people take pleasure in other people’s successes, and other people become miserable with envy? We all know comparison is the thief of joy, so why do we still get jealous when scrolling through friends’ vacation photos or seeing other people achieve big things? And most importantly, how can we be inspired by success instead of drained by negative, useless, downward spirals of jealous thoughts? 

In order to free ourselves from insecurity and jealousy, we must first develop a deep understanding of what insecurity is, where it stems from, and how it spreads its little seeds of doubt and fear. Once we understand the nature of our own insecurity, we can recognize when it rears its head. Once we recognize it, it can no longer hold its subversive grip over us.