Counting someone else’s blessing will cause you to assign too low a value to yours. Painfully desiring the person's good fortune, like: 'why the hell should he achieve all that,' without attention to differences in upbringing, heritage, background, effortfulness, and playing field will lead to discontent; a grudgeful one at that.
In fact, if you don't mind, misery will be your company, because each time the person you're trying to compete is praised in your presence, you'll get bitter. So, be admiring of the possessions of others, but value what you own, knowing that in this life, even though some things aren't for everyone, there's always something for everyone. Like they say in Jamaica: "ah suh di ting set." We are built to be mutually dependent.
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