ENVY is so underrated these days, probably because people just assume it's a less constructive, less sexy, crybaby version of GREED. So let me be the one to remind you that helpless, pathetic, futile ENVY that will never be requited by reality (unlike GREED, which most often is) still serves an essential function in the pantheon of individual self-fulfillment (aka the "Deadly Sins"). People feel ENVY when they recognize that they lack something, and only then can they feel GREED, the great constructive force that is the muscle of the human civilization! Without ENVY, GREED would simply go stale and devolve into the less constructive PRIDE. ENVY may be an ugly caterpillar, but oh what a beautiful butterfly it can become!