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Originally Posted by mandy
I also think that this is no time for jealousy...
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You sound like you're in a pretty good spot re jealousy, but since you bring it up, here's
Uncle ratbastid's Collected Wisdom on Jealousy:
Jealousy is like a broken refrigerator.
Let's say your fridge breaks down. There are several ways you could deal with it.
If you dealt with a broken fridge the same way most people deal with jealousy, you'd do one of two things. You'd either try to pretend the fridge isn't broken--you'd put things in it as if it was going to keep them cold, knowing perfectly well it won't, and then those things would spoil and start to stink. Or you'd decide you could just never have food in your house that needs refrigeration anymore, that the whole world of non-shelf-stable food is just something you can't have.
Kinda bizarre, right?
So deal with jealousy the same way you'd deal with a broken refrigerator. Acknowledge that your fridge is broken, figure out what's broken about it, and fix that thing. Did a belt break? Did it leak refrigerant? Is the compressor blown? Once you figure out what's
at the source of the fridge not working, you can do the work needed to repair that part, and get things working again.
That's how to deal with jealousy powerfully.