Andy and Karan were good friends, Andy was always ahead of Karan in all fields, Karan tried to do better than Andy each time but never1 .
One day when Karan returned home, he was feeling2 . His mother asked, "Why do you look upset?" Karan replied, "It's all because of Andy,3 , he got higher marks than me. And no mater how hard I try, he is always ahead of me."
His mother questioned, "Are you jealous(嫉妒的) of Andy?" "No, Why would I be jealous of him? He is my friend." His mother said, "When people praise Andy, you don't like it. When he4 , you feel happy. You keep seeing negative qualities in him. Do you feel all of this?" Karan was shocked5 what he heard. And he thought it was6 . His mother continued, "I have a great solution for you to deal with jealous. Instead of being jealous, you should focus your7 on appreciating the positive qualities in Andy."
Positives qualities? In Andy? I cannot find even a single positive quality in him," His mother asked, "You can't or you don't want to find it?" Karan looked down8 . His mother said, "OK. Tell me9 you start preparing for an exam." Karan replied, "A week before. His mother asked, "And Andy?" Karan thought and said, "He studies daily. He lists all the schoolwork that he has to do. He always10 his timetable." His mother said, "This shows that he has good management skills and he is11 ." Karan nodded, He felt ashamed. From that day on, he began to12 Andy's good qualities.
Very soon, he also became hard-working like Andy, In the following exam, Andy again stood first13 Karan came second. But this time Karan was not jealous at all. He was happy to see his own14 .
When we heartily appreciate the positive qualities in others, those qualities will also begin to develop in15 . It's necessary for everyone to learn it.
