So I am struggling with this one. It’s been a long time since I read Atlas shrugged and one of the things I do remember was how jealousy and envy was described. Basically that there’s always somebody who’s gonna want what you have while you’re looking at what other people have. You might have a nice modest home and you’re looking at a friend who’s got a mansion on a lake. But you also have friends that are looking at pictures of your 4 bedroom home and are wishing they didn’t live in their two bedroom apartment. One of our family friends who is a lawyer in Argentina and travels a lot and has a lot of money, who also happened to grow up poor, inherited a bunch of money when she was 20, posted this today. She bought herself a board game from Tiffany. I googled it and found that it is almost $10,000 for this Backgammon set. She basically was unabashedly sharing how it’s good too spoil yourself sometimes. of course, I’m reading this post after I am reading another post of a friend who has a GoFundMe page so that people can help her pay off her medical bill. I remember living in São Paulo in a high-rise apartment (my dad was stationed there with Ford Mo. co) where we could look down on the favelas nearby. I guess I just don’t know how to overcome this almost anger I have towards her, and then at the same time, I’m wondering if anyone else has been harboring anger towards me because I spent money on some frivolous thing. It’s all relative, right?
