The Makiav3llian Enchantment…

My friend Beth and I were actually chatting when we suddenly got talking about salaries. She actually is complaining how bad she felt that her husband is on the receiving end of the short side of the stick, managing around 20 people with outrageous working hours. I was actually assuming a small four digit salary but when she told me how much her husband got, I was a little surprised. I mean my friend and her husband were both earning in the five digit range. So what did this mean to me? At first I was envious about this whole thing, who wouldn’t be? I am earning just enough dough for my family. My wife and daughter’s disposition is understandable and I know my wife tries so hard to bring in extra income, she’s lost so much sleep trying to help me. I am so proud of my wife and how she manages things for me, though she doesn’t know, I just want to keep bringing in the bacon and she enjoy her motherhood or go to work when she chooses. Of course reality kicks in and at the end you suddenly feel that bitterness that comes with other people’s success. Now let me tell you what you can do about it… Well, absolutely nothing because the only thing you should have feeling for is happiness for your fellow man. Bitterness is an ingredient of envy, the best friend of crab mentality… Why would you want to bring this person down? Just because he/she has tasted success doesn’t mean you have the right to bring down the efforts of their work. Yes I feel jealous but at the same time I feel proud of my own success and the others as well. Instead of being a crab, I think it is just better to be happy for them. Besides the numbers you make is just mere status symbol, would you like to be known only because of the money you make? Be happy because there are other people that could be in worse position than you. Besides it is not about how much money you make, it is how you use it to be of benefit to the people you love. Thanks to Rona of reminding me about it’s not the amount you get but who you want to spend it on.