Generally speaking, envy, resentment, and self-pity are disastrous modes of thoughts.Self-pity gets fairly close to paranoia, and paranoia is one of the very hardest things to reverse.
巧妙的欺诈不如笨拙的诚实
Feelings are the subjective aspect of mental processes.
Will you play it safe, or will you be a little bit swashbuckling?