Elder Holland:
“There are going to be times in our lives when someone else gets
an unexpected blessing or receives some special recognition. May I plead with
us not to be hurt—and certainly not to feel envious—when good fortune comes to
another person? We are not diminished when someone else is added upon. We are
not in a race against each other to see who is the wealthiest or the most
talented or the most beautiful or even the most blessed. The race we are really
in is the race against sin, and surely envy is one of the most universal of
those”
“….Obviously we suffer a little when some misfortune befalls us,
but envy requires us to suffer all good fortune that befalls everyone we know!....So
lesson number one from the Lord’s vineyard: coveting, pouting, or tearing
others down does not elevate your standing, nor does demeaning someone else
improve your self-image. So be kind, and be grateful that God is kind. It is a
happy way to live. (“The Laborers in the Vineyard,” Ensign or Liahona,
May 2012, 31).
