Physicial Envy

You might have noticed that the first thing that most people go to the gym is for fun, health, and shape. You also might have noticed that the first thing that usually those people keep their eyes on is the other people’s bodies. Inside of our mind, we tend to compare what we look like to other people’s looks. Comparison always, I repeat, always creates envy. When it comes to envy, things do not look good at all. Especially, for low self-confident and low self-esteem people, they tend to see themselves not good enough. They see other people’s body, become envious, and even desire to have that kind of body too. But life will be tough that way when we “want” instead of “enjoy” what we have.

It is absolutely normal to feel wanting something, after all, we want good health and body, and hence we go to the gym for. But when we become obsessed with what other people have, we create a path to self-destruction. We kind of overlook the uniqueness and diversity of each individual, and more importantly than that, our only look that we have. Instead of saying “I want his or her body,” we can substitute this saying with “Now, how am I going to get that body?” When we think like that, it creates a question that sends to the thoughtful mind, and the mind will search for answers to respond us. This way instead of a closed-ended statement, it becomes an open-ended question that leads to answers, inspiration, and goal setting. The rule of thumb is, it is the only look we have, but we can enhance and improve it. I believe the effort of doing something about it than doing nothing about it. Simply wallowing yourself in envy without any actions, it’s a dangerous place you situate yourself in. Try to love yourself, I am sure if you get a hold of yourself deeper, you will find out the other good physical parts of your body that the other person does not have. Life is fair, but it depends on how you create and run it.