Many of us waste too much time envying others instead of getting on with our own goals and dreams. This is stupid to put it mildly.
For a start, we would probably not envy others if we knew what their lives were really like.
Many young men envied and still envy Evis Presley but who wants to die sad, disillusioned and divorced at the age of 42?
Billy Connolly, the great Scottish comedian who now lives in California, tells an amusing story about misguided envy:
In World War I two men were squatting side by side over the only toilet available. This was a ditch in the ground full of sewage.
One of the men was constipated and had been there a long time.
His knees were painful from squatting down for so long and he had also developed back ache.
The unconstipated man squatted there for about one minute and then there were three loud splashes.
The constipated man said: “You’re so lucky”.
The unconstipated man replied:
“I’m not so lucky. That was my knife, fork and spoon.”
The famous celebrities that we all admire and envy often lead miserable lives when they are not actually...