Given the economic hardship these days, I wonder if we are all too busy to be envious, and there is no one to envy?
Hard Economic Times
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HI, this is Griff, we’re checking who gets the email notice of this comment.
Given the economic hardship these days, I wonder if we are all too busy to be envious, and there is no one to envy?
. . . NOPE, I’m still finding envy in my heart. My husband was laid off from work 14 months ago and hasn’t worked since. However, I work in one of the most successful law firms in the U.S. and with one of the most high-profile attorneys in the nation who specializes in banking and securities law. I am surrounded by rain-makers with wealthy spoiled children. I’ve had to toil hard for every little meager crumb I’ve been able to amass; paid for most of my education myself, have even rationed food in very lean times. I studied hard in school and when I couldn’t cut it, had to live with a “C” because my folks couldn’t afford a tutor.
My boss’ kids, however, screw around and throw parties, have private tutors to help them do well on the SAT’s anyway, and get accepted to ivy league colleges, partly because of the tutoring, and partly because of the large endowments my boss and his partners give to these institutions.
Today I overheard my boss talking with his 19-year old son about how he had lunch on the yacht of a high-profile entrepreneur (whose name I can’t mention), and how he’s got a job offer and his own office. . . at 19! Of course my boss introduced his son to some of the stellar names in his rolodex, as any parent would do for their child.
My husband and I are trying our hardest not to lose our home. We have worked hard all our lives, and were born to parents who were just average middled-class/working-class folks.
Also, keep in mind that while many of us are struggling during these tough economic times, there is a small segment of society (who I deal with intimately every day) who are benefitting from the struggles of others. They are buying up all the distressed stocks, buying up all the abandoned homes (whose prior inhabitants are now homeless) at bargain prices, etc.
Don’t worry, envy is going strong. It might be stronger than ever right now. Because as each person’s struggle increases, the tendency to see the “greener grass” in someone elses life also increases.
Am I envious? You’re damn right. I’m a Christian and I hate that I feel this way. The Bible tells me about the dangers to the soul from being envious, but I can’t find the Bible’s instruction on how to heal it and eradicate it from my heart. PLEASE - - help me out with some guidance!
Mercury,
I just wrote a response to your candid email, now trying to get it out to you!
I will keep trying.