You see them laughing.
And something inside you clenches.

Envy is not cruelty.
It's comparison.
It's craving.
It's the ache of desire turned sideways.

It shows you what matters, by making it feel out of reach.
It highlights what you long for, but have told yourself you can’t have.
It isn’t evil. It’s information.

Envy says:
“Look closer.”
“You want this.”
“Now ask why you believe you can’t.”

What Is Envy Trying to Tell You?

• You are aware of someone else's abundance, and what feels missing in your own life.
• You are identifying a desire beneath your defenses.
• You might be ready to confront your own limiting beliefs.
• Comparison is a compass, if used with care.

Invite Envy in for Tea

It may fidget, avert its gaze, whisper sharply.
But beneath the prickles is a map of what you *still want*.
Treat it not as shame, but as signal.

Ask it:
“What am I longing for?”
“Whose life am I romanticizing, and why?”
“How can I turn this ache into inspiration, not poison?”

Envy can corrode, or clarify.
Offer it tea, and it may show you your truest desires.

“When the mind is pure,
joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”
— Buddha