So I put my 16's back on my truck I usually have my 20's on there and wow as embarrassing as it is to have stock rims back on my truck it makes me realize how lucky I am to have nice things in my life. I see other kids driving the most beat up cars always having to put money into them because their parents won't lend them a dime to fix it up, I've always been the type of person that has been given nice things or worked hard to get the nice things. I've always dressed nice, lately I've been buying at least 2-3 shirts a week that usually aren't cheap but thank god for summer sales! 4 new tires it would cost me $874.47 I have well over a grand saved up but why go out and spend $874 on new tires when I have perfectly new 16 inch tires already? Another thing why I refuse to pay that much is because that grand is in a savings account that I have to buy my girlfriend her engagement ring and I've saved up the hard way for it so really I'm perfectly happy where I'm at. My truck runs fine, I've kept it in great condition, everything is fine with it except my windshield which looks like I got shot at in it due to all the rocks.

My parents have given me and my brother everything they never had growing up I've never, even when I was a kid, I've never took that for granted I know whats going on in the world and how much other kids suffer. I may not be entirely happy with my job but then again who is? The important thing is I have income coming in to buy food, clothes, gas, go the movies, buy water, shoes, and other nice things when ever I want them. I have a home to sleep in, I'm still driving around a really nice truck and I have a caring family...yeah I would say that my life is still good, 20 inch rims aren't gonna feed me, clothe me, or love me back.

But thats the problem with people now we feel like $900 purses, $500 sun glasses, $3,000 rims, $80,000 cars, all the expensive things in life we feel thats whats most important the possessions we carry around with us and the expensive cars we drive we have to feel like we are richer and better than the person that walks by us in the mall then people wonder why they get robbed, car jacked, mugged, and beat up for their stuff get a clue. Everything is a competition in life, from who has the bigger more expensive purse, who has the bigger rims, who's go the update expensive cell phone, to who has the cuter baby its all a competition everything little thing. People kill each other for things like this, people strive to have nice things in life and they'll do anything to get those nice things. Everyone talks about how earth is gonna have so many problems in the future and all this stuff is gonna happen, asteroids hitting the earth, global warming, no more water, and all those other crazy predictions, I've always believed it won't be any of those disasters, I've always believed it will be humans who kill and wipe out humans jealousy is a mental cancer and it will fully control humans at some point and we'll be the ones to end life for ourselves.

Jealousy is simply and clearly the fear that you do not have value. Jealousy scans for evidence to prove the point - that others will be preferred and rewarded more than you. There is only one alternative - self-value. If you cannot love yourself, you will not believe that you are loved. You will always think it's a mistake or luck. Take your eyes off others and turn the scanner within. Find the seeds of your jealousy, clear the old voices and experiences. Put all the energy into building your personal and emotional security. Then you will be the one others envy, and you can remember the pain and reach out to them. ~Jennifer James