Envy, on t'other hand seems to me to be the mark of mean-spiritdness, and ought to be considered a sin whenever it is manifested.is envy, by definition, necessarily the desire to *take* something from another? atomica defines it as
"A feeling of discontent and resentment aroused by and in conjunction with desire for the possessions or qualities of another."i guess it's difficult for me to distinguish between envy and admiration. i can admire something--a beautiful jewel, for example--without wishing for it myself (i don't care much for jewelry). however, i often find myself envying someone's talents, wisdom, experience, self-control (
), etc., in the sense that i set those attributes as goals for myself. my envy certainly doesn't include a wish that those whose traits or possessions i admire would themselves lose them. is this form of envy still a sin? is there a better word for what i think of as envy?
