Jealousy generates pain. Furthermore, we lose the things that we fear to lose anyway. If we realize that happiness isn’t found in those things we’re afraid to lose but rather in our ability to be content without them, we might have an easier time letting them go. Stoicism focuses on living well regardless of the circumstances. Paradoxically, when we focus on living well instead of anxiously clinging to the things that we don’t want to lose, we might even attract more preferred indifferents into our lives and the ones that are already with us are more likely to stick. Being jealous only drives
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