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Where is the greener grass?

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Envy is one of the greatest source of suffering. Charlie Munger said:
"Envy is a really stupid sin because it& #39;s the only one you could never possibly have any fun at. There& #39;s a lot of pain and no fun. Why would you want to get on that trolley?"
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So, I continue to try to take a bit deeper look on all infamous seven deadly sins. I try to see if it& #39;s true that envy is the only one with no fun.
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Lust. Well, it& #39;s closely related to sexual desire. There should be some fun in it.
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Gluttony. It was actually from Latin world "gula". Yeah, I like food.
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Greed. Yeah, there is some fun in getting more of what you like. Or getting more gain in things you do.
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Sloth. Laying in bed with no responsibility? Yeah, most people will sign up for that.
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Wrath. I believe everyone has the right to be angry at some point. It& #39;s not healthy to keep bottling our emotion. Though, it& #39;s not easy to control.
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Pride. Who doesn& #39;t like to show-off?
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Envy. Cambridge dictionary defines it as "to wish that you had something that another person has." Oxford defines it as a a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else& #39;s possessions, qualities, or luck.
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I got to agree with Charlie with his stance on envy. Because most of the times, it& #39;s ourself that keep feeding the envy inside us. And again, it& #39;s not easy to navigate the envy to something good or even remotely fun.
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Some references from Bible even believe that envy is the motivation behind Cain murdering his brother, Abel.
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So, yeah, maybe the wisdom is true that the grass is always greener on the other side. But, we can try to take a look from another perspective to answer the question "where is the greener grass?"
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I really like this perspective from @lizandmollie https://twitter.com/lizandmollie/status/1315994287704743938">https://twitter.com/lizandmol...
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The grass will always greenest where you water it. - @lizandmollie
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I hope we can learn to be busier watering our own grass so it will be greener.
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