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Sometimes we are not satisfied with the life we have because we think that the life of others is better. We see the smiles of others, we see how they walk through life and because we do not know what their true reality is, we dare to think that they are very lucky and we are not.

Sometimes by not being grateful for the things we have we end up losing everything, by daring to leave our life with the little and try to reach something that is far from belonging to us.

Because we do not know how people achieve their triumphs, envy eats away at us and we think that we are the ones who should have everything that person has to his or her credit. We think we deserve everything and more.

We are far from knowing what sacrifices this person or the people we dare to judge and at the same time envy.

It happened once that a duckling wanted to be free as the chicks were. He saw them running and eating all over the place, this duckling felt trapped because his life was in a small space where he only had a roof and food. Every day he would see how the chicks would run out of the coop and peck all over the floor in search of food, and late in the afternoon they would return to the coop and go back to their respective places with their parents.

So, the duckling thought hard about a strategy to get out of the place where he was. He talked to the other ducklings and told them that they should get out of there and have a life like the chicks, to be free to forage for their food and then return home in the evening.

He convinced some of them and they disguised themselves as chicks, so they were eating all day outside their place looking for their food and most importantly feeling free. In the afternoon they returned to their place sneaking under the fence of their place of confinement. This way no one noticed that they were out.

They stayed like this for a few days and every day more and more ducklings were convinced that this life was the best. They accompanied him, until one day it started to rain, and they huddled together wherever they could, while all the chicks ran away with the help of their wings and reached their nests and joined their mothers in the henhouse.

The disguised ducklings could not run as fast, their heavy bodies did not allow them to run fast and they could not reach the place where they were taking shelter as the water was filling the place with heavy rain. The frightened ducklings found a place to stay. At least it wasn't raining there, but little by little it was filling up with water from the sky. The little ones could not survive the cold of the night, wet and far from their parents.

Many ducklings died during the night. In the morning the first duck was alive, scared, and wet, he didn't know what to do. He looked beside him and saw his siblings, all of whom were frozen to death and those who were alive and decided to return home now without disguises and their parents happy to see some of them... still alive.

The duckling learned his lesson, that even if he sees others rejoicing with what they have at that moment he must fight for what he wants with his tools without risking his life or the lives of others in his envious plans to get ahead.

So it happens with people, they undervalue themselves for seeing that others get more and they only do and look for ways to imitate them without achieving the same original effect. Because many times what is good for some is not the same for others.

Everyone has the capabilities that they have obtained in life, their failures, their sacrifices, and their efforts are not known to us. Let us avoid envying others. Let us try to bring out our knowledge to do something original, and useful and that together with the failures and efforts allow us to bring out the best of us to be successful, capable, and original.

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I am @gertu13 from Venezuela to the world.

 

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Excellent article! thank you for sharing this important moral that many people today need to put into practice. Especially in the online world where people always seem to be very aware of what others do or don't do. Always or yearning to be like the trendy youtuber or the influencer of the moment. As you rightly point out no one knows all the work and sacrifice that other people have done to achieve what they have in life. I think the most important thing is to know what you want to achieve in your life and set out to achieve your goals without being aware of the achievements of others. I see myself as a duckling taking the risk of obtaining such a precious commodity as freedom, only I would not seek it for the simple fact of envying the life of those chicks, I would risk seeking it for my own interest of being free! Which leads me to the conclusion that if we want something let's do it and not look to the sides to see what the other is doing!🤗 I send you a big greeting from Venezuela

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Thanks for your nice comment. If I think that our struggles and efforts must come from our best wishes to get ahead and not from wanting to have what others have on a whim.

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Well we all look at those who are more happy then us. Why no one looks at the people who are struggling to get the the things that we are enjoying. We have good health, family, house and money to get basic needs yet we wish to have the luxurious lifestyle as millionaire and tense ourselves

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That is why frustrations occur because there are many people who only look at millionaires, celebrities. Sooner or later they will understand that happiness is not in seeing the material possessions of others but the happiness of the few that we do not stop to look at.

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Beautiful message, we all have our special traits. Ending others and disguising to be them will put us to shame, I and some colleagues had this conversation before leaving work yesterday.

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Sometimes the universe arranges for the strength of our thoughts to unite for the good.

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1 year ago

that's what we get for being envious sometimes, without knowing it is not for us, Ended up being in danger

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Yes, that's what happens.

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intention and effort will make a person change, as long as there is no laziness.

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1 year ago

Just in time when I needed it the most Ger! I love the message. It comforts me.

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It is good to know that it is intended for someone special. Cheer up friend!

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Maintaining the real believe we ha e in ourselves most of the times leads to finding those who mat as well have the same mental regulation as us and such act may lead to some positive steps just as your analyzed here using the duckling example.

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1 year ago

Interesting opinion. Thank you very much.

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Exactly our 90% success depends on our self belief. If we are not certain in a job then we can't do it in right way. We should be confident what we do.

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It good seeing you mam after a very long time . I agree with you ma , we all need to stop and put an end to envy cause it develops negative mindset which will makes man fall we should all come together in unity with knowledge to develop some thing unique an original which will help the world and us through that we will be successful and we gonna put an end to failure and other negative mindset . I also agree you you sister jane it not just about positive mindset nothing is impossible if we believe that right

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I'm glad to see you around these parts, I wish you much success.

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It's just a matter of a positive mindset.. Nothing is impossible if we believe in ourselves and that we can do anything..

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If we want to, we can do it.

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