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The Green-Eyed Monster Envy
Ok here it is again Terrible Tuesday and I am still contributing to the sin sister carnival with my fifth sin post-oh that's right I am nearly there two more after this and I get to put all this introspection away until I offload it onto my shrink in 20 years.
Today's post was going to be a wickedly delicious lust post, I don't see anything really wrong with lust so I had planned on doing quite a bit of it last Thursday at a country concert that the girls and I were attending. You saw the "was going to" and the "had planned" so you know that will not be the case. What I forgot when planning the girls night out was that when you get a bunch of girls together...well you just can't plan anything.
So I didn't get to lust..much, I mean I am not blind, there was one cute cowpoke that caught my eye, but it was brief and not worth going into much detail. For shame!! I will be at the beach this weekend so we will try for a hottie surfer boy post next week. So today's or rather tonight's post, since I have pushed it off, is going to be about envy. You see there was a little drama on the girls night out and it got me thinking about that little green devil, envy.
I am not an envy girl, sure every so often I see someone or something that gets me thinking wouldn't it be nice, but then just as often I see someone or some-many in a position that I am glad I am not in. So all in all I believe life balances out, gives a little here, takes a little there, but in the end its all square. That's just me. But now do I know some envy dwellers, afraid I do, and when I was looking around for some envy quotes I found one that really sums it up.
"Malice that cannot speak its name, cold-blooded but secret hostility, impotent desire, hidden rancor and spite -- all cluster at the center of envy. Envy clouds thought, writes Joseph Epstein, clobbers generosity, precludes any hope of serenity, and ends in shriveling the heart. Of the seven deadly sins, he concludes, only envy is no fun at all."
Yeah I got to agree here with Mr. Epstein, with Greed, Gluttony, Sloth, Vanity, and even Wrath there is some enjoyment-at least in the beginning anyway. You see I didn't put LUST in there because I am just not sure I think lust is a sin?!? Envy just makes you miserable and makes everyone around you want to knock you out (ouch there is that wrath again-made me smile though), I am not sure why people would let themselves get caught up in this one. Where's the tiniest bit of gratification in this one, we haven't gotten to how vain I am so maybe that's why I am not gettin it?
The only thing I can really say about the sin of envy, besides the punishment not being that bad supposedly you go to hell and are put in "freezing" water (well give me a break if I am in hell cold water is exactly where I want be! You know now that I think about it I thought hell was not supposed to have ice water isn't that what they are all screaming for? Maybe I should rethink my stance on this one just incase I end up there, I wonder if faking envy is good enough to get the punishment for it?) What I was trying to say, before I got off on that tangent, is that I feel sorry for those individuals that are consumed by this little green devil. Life is too short and too precious to be trying to live someone else's existence, be thankful for the gifts you are given, and chalk the rest up to shit happens. No seriously, for some the hard times can be excruciatingly hard, but if you can make it through and somehow even learn from them, the good times are that much sweeter.
So drop the green devil because you need to make room for the sweetness of the lust angel doesn't that sound like more fun!! I say angel because cupid does not look like a devil to me, and don't try telling me he represents true love, he's naked that is lust! See you next week, I don't know about the time, but the place will be the same.
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11 comments:
Lol if there is ice water in hell then you could have a nice little sauna going or a pool depending on the temp. I'm envious of envy being such a simple sin to discuss. Envy is pretty much temporary like you said. Sometimes you may be a bit jealous but then there are others that are worse off.
Oh Bridget, I love this one of yours! You are too funny in talking about envy (not to mention lust-CAN'T WAIT for that one). You have such the right attitude about envy. Me, however, I envy your post on envy. :)
Envy or Lust? decisions...decisions. I kind of have the same outlook about both as you do for Lust. Both can mean that you want something nicer or better for yourself. Provided that it motivates you in a positive way to better your position in your universe, go for it. Just the other day I was in a bookstore and saw a coffee table book about design. On the cover was a picture of a Mediterranean style house complete with an infinity pool. I can tell you that I felt both lust and envy at that moment. Now I feel even more motivated to focus my energies on improving my business so that one day I can build a home like that for my wife and children. I love it when you post about these types of things. I love your outlook on life and honest presentation of your thoughts and feelings about it. Take care my friend. =)
Wow, envy really IS the only sin that isn't any fun, isn't it??? Interesting.
And, everyone seems to be looking forward to the lust posts! I just registered at WordPress so I can make that post password protected. It's not going to be that bad, I just don't want my mom to read it! She's so nosey and is the type to bring it up at the next family gathering and I can't have that.
Can't wait for the lust post! I'm not sure where to go with that one yet.
I still think envy doesn't have to include malice, but I get what you're saying.
Soges- wow ice water, a sauna hell's not looking so bad...:)
Ssgreylord-You are too sweet, I really liked yours & April's envy posts I only gave this half my effort because like I said LUST was on my mind!
David- I have that book, seriously I do and I love how you lusted and envied the cover photo it's the whole reason I bought the book!
Luna-I am so jealous maybe even envious that you get to lock down your lust post, not that I want to get Jenna Jameson on anyone but to select who gets to see my inner lust angel that would be nice!
April-I really liked your post, I love seeing everyones varying perspective on these sins. I think mine is the uglier side of envy. Where people are so caught up in it that they aren't able to appreciate what they have over being envious of what they don't.
Now that the LUST post is being built up so much I really hope that there are cute boys on the beach this weekend!! ;)
Our sweet Bridget. I never would've seen this side of you if it weren't for this post - keep em coming!
Thanks for stoping by blog!!! I mean can't get aqlong..I say We all just get naked and then there nothing to talk about!!!That might be to much but when in rome...you know what I am saying!!!
Again you had me laughing and thinking at once!! Envy is awful but over the years I have realized how lucky I am so that usually keeps me in check. Lust, I hate to say it but I really like lust (of certain kinds)!!!
HA, but then, oh Bridget, without envy, lust, green, cupids, devils, angels, sin and (yah, the list is endless...) ...i'd believe we'd all be nothing more than a flaccid kerchunk of broccoli, listlessly laying a'boot to be chopped... 'chopping bo-cco-leeee', she’s chopp'n brooo'ccO'leeee' ... aghhahah haahaa
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=dana%20carvey%20broccoli&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wv#
Lust and envy are actually sister sins as lust is more about an overwhelming desire for something you don't or can't have. It's meaning his been diluted over time, but in it's place as a Deadly Sin, this is the true context. It's a selfish and hurtful desire that is always at the expense of someone else. You would be lustful for your friend's wife, for example.
Passion, on the other hand, is all good.
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