My Definition Of Jealousy

Jealousy

What is jealousy? Wikipedia defines jealousy as being an emotion, and the word typically refers to the thought and feelings of insecurity, fear, concern, and anxiety over an anticipated loss of status of something of great personal value, particularly in reference to a human connection. In its original meaning, jealousy is distinct from envy, though the two terms have popularly become synonyms in the English language, with jealousy now also taking on the definition originally for envy alone. For example, when I was younger, my older cousins used to be jealous of me and my other cousin because of the attention that we used to receive from our grandfather. I do not understand even to this day why they were. My grandfather used to get my cousin and I everything that we asked for from him and my older cousins were jealous. How we knew this was true, whenever my grandfather wasn’t around, they would come and pick on us and would try to blame is for everything that they did wrong. Once my grandfather realized that we were getting blamed for what they had done, he told them to stop being jealous of us and that he loves them just as well as he loves us. …show more content…
My kids think that I love one child more than the other. When I gave birth to my middle daughter, my oldest daughter became jealous. She thought that I was giving her sister all of my love and attention. Then later, I gave birth to my youngest daughter. My middle daughter became jealous of the new baby in the house. She too thought I was giving her sister all of my love and attention. So one day, I sat my daughters down and let them know that I love them all the same and I love them just as much as I love their baby sister. After telling them this, they began to feel better and know that they are loved just as much as their