The Eclipsing of Another’s Sun…
“The eclipsing of another’s sun — will not make your own shine with brighter beams. O pare off those envious nails, which are ever disfiguring that face which is fairer than your own. Why do you wound yourself — with that plaster which is laid upon your brother’s sore? Why do you weep at every shower — which falls beside your own field? Who would envy an ox that pasture — which only fits it for the slaughter? Who would envy the malefactor that carriage — which only conveys him to the place of execution? You have no less — because others have much; nor have they much — because you have little. Another’s wealth is no more the cause of your need, than Leah’s fruitfulness was the cause of Rachel’s barrenness. O never pine at your neighbor’s prosperity — and you shall never pine away through your own scarcity. He enjoys much — who is thankful for a little. A grateful mind is a great mind. “
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