Honestly, I think it's natural to feel a little bit of jealousy especially in a situation like that. The difference is that you are still genuinely happy for him. I think that jealousy is only harmful if it makes you bitter or angry toward the person that has experienced the good fortune, then maybe that will result in some bad karma.

I don't think there's a person alive who can say they've never wished something had happened to them that happened to someone else. Imagine all the friends of people that win the lottery.

Don't feel bad and make sure you congratulate him. There's a good chance he feels a little bad that he found a job and you haven't, it'll be important that he knows you're happy for him.

I too think it is probably a little more disappointment in the situation than actual jealousy. It doesn't sound like you are angry with him, just had that momentary feeling of why not me. I think since you are worried about it now, your karma is just fine.

yes sometimes i feel jealous of friends good fortune but i never hurt he or her feeling.i am always with them and they are good friends and always very supportive.being jealous with someone good fortune i think is a human nature and the only thing we can do it is accept it and live happily,next day we have good fortune and someone else be jealous of us.so this will go on,there is no end.so live peacefully and happily in spite of what happening in our life.

There have been many tiimes in my life when I have felt jealous of someone's good fortune. I've been happy for them personally, but wondered why I wasn't a success in that way. It's very humbling to me and makes me remember times when I was successful and someone else wasn't. Did I encourage them to be successful in their own way or did I boast and make them feel bad.

I'm pretty good about constant self improvement, so while I don't beat myself up over things like this, I do try to learn something from it. In this case, I would try to remember how I felt now so that the next time I was successful I would be encouraging to my friend. For example, a friend of mine got a job at this place I was trying to get into. I love writing, but I was ready to give up because I was on the computer so much working for what I felt was chump change and never getting acknowledged. Anyhow, I didn't get the job that she got and I was pretty jealous and disheartened. But then, just a few days later, I got offered some work writing a product guide for a ridiculous hourly rate. Not only was it a cool job, but the product they were wanting me to write about was based on an article I wrote. The company read the article, loved my ideas and decided to put them into production.

Trust me, I don't have good luck at all. When something like that happens to me I consider that the universe is fairly screaming that I'm on the right path. My point is, quit beating yourself up and simply consider that for whatever reason that path was his, not yours. In all reality we waste our time on jealousy because we are all where we are supposed to be. Just MHO :)

I used to be jealous at some point in my life for others good fortune. I am wondering why it wasn't me, especially those who won lottery and other games that make them instant millionaires. But experience taught me that we have our own fortunes too which I call blessings. I realized that being having a family, our good health is considered a fortune which fail to see before.

It is indeed true that health is wealth. And material things and money come and go but family will endure forever. Fortunes can make a person happy but it won't last for if not handled well it can vanish into thin air. And a beautiful house, a luxurious car, etc. can make us feel convenient but it does not amount to true happiness. For money can buy bed but not sleep, it can buy a house but not a home and it can buy medicine but not health.

Yes, I definitely feel jealous/envious of other people's good fortune. It is not a malicious feeling, and it is not something that permeates my life. But yes, when I hear about someone who won the lottery or got something that I think or have long thought would be nice to have, I do get a little jealous.

Now, I love my life. I have a good job, I am excited to be applying to law school, I am in a stable and happy relationship. There is no bad there. And I am able to remember that, even when I am thinking jealous thoughts about that person's awesome shoes, great house, fabulous car, etc. That doesn't mean I cannot make achieving some of those things future goals.