Marino, Gordon

The Upside of Envy [from the New York Times]

May 4, 2018

"But if I can identify the lizard of envy crawling around in my psyche, I can usually tamp down the ire."

For instance, I often find a reason to become angry with people I am envious of. But if I can identify the lizard of envy crawling around in my psyche, I can usually tamp down the ire. That same awareness can also help mitigate moral judgments. Recognizing the envy when my sixtysomething friend boasted that he had recently completed a marathon, I was able to restrain myself from giving rope to the indignant thought, "Instead of running miles every day, why don't you spend some time tutoring disadvantaged kids!"

Animals::Lizard Motion::Crawling Motion::Tamping

Reading

Gordon Marino, "The Upside of Envy," The New York Times (May 4, 2018). <Link to NYTimes.com>

05/09/2018