Take a look at all the trees in the yard. There are a few different types of trees out there. I think they've got some apple trees in the yard, they've got some pine trees in the yard, etc. Are they all equal? You know, if the little apple tree looks up at that big pine tree, especially the one with the seat around it (a very big old tree), should the apple tree get jealous? "I'm not that big. I wish I was that big." It doesn't make any sense at all, does it, when you think of different trees arguing over which is better than the other. Here's a great debate: the mango tree argues with papaya tree. They argue, OK? The mango tree talks about how great it is, and it can produce fruit for a hundred years. And it's loaded with fruit, hundreds of fruit, at least every two years when the season's good. But the papaya tree says, "But I can give fruit within twelve months, nah nah nee nah nah." And on they go, they start arguing who's better. You know, it's not worth it, is it?
When you're having jealousy towards anybody, someone else has something that you would like, ask yourself, "Well, you know we're all different. Why is it that somebody shouldn't have something more than me? Why is it that I have more than others?" We often say jealousy is when you hear of others' successes, but all of you here are very successful. I mean you're here, that in itself means you're successful. So how many other people on the planet would you like to trade your spot for? When you're thinking of others and you want what they have, ask yourself, "Would you be willing to trade everything you've got for everything they have?" And I said everything. That includes your brain. That includes all of your thoughts. Would you be willing to trade everything you've got for everything they've got? That's one question when jealousy arises.
Another one: take that person you're jealous of. Put them in a room with a hundred other people exactly the same age and sex, and put a hat on every one of them. Now you look down at these hundred people wearing hats, all the same age, all the same sex, would you trade your spot for any of them? Whew! Taking a bit of a gamble aren't you? You know, the answer is "No", you won't. Why get jealous of someone if you could have that thing they have more than yourself, but you would have to trade your whole life for theirs?
Now, if you ever find a person whom you can say, "Yes. I would like to trade my whole life for theirs." If you ever find a person like that, stick around that person. Become friends with that person, ask them how they did it. Ask them how they've developed to be such a wonderful human being that you admire so much. Get as much advice from them as they can give you. Try to develop yourself to be exactly like them. Jealousy doesn't help. But if you really find someone who you'd like to trade a hundred percent for, wonderful.