The Tale of the Green-eyed monster
What manner of monster is this? One who does not crawl in the shadows but rears its ugly head proudly in the light of day. A monster that does not hide underneath your bed but takes over the entire room. A beast so merciless it preys on everyone in its reach, even children. No one is safe from its cold touch. It waits patiently for you to build something magnificent then it creeps in slowly and destroys it brick by brick. It plants a seed of doubt in your mind and waters it with your deepest insecurities till you are completely consumed by rage and engulfed in insanity. Beware my friends, of the green eyed monster.
For those of who do not know the green- eyed monster, it goes by a lot of other aliases. In some corners it is known as jealousy and in other parts in known as envy. Regardless of whatever you decide to call it, it’s still a terrible thing known for doing more harm than good. Many a relationship have suffered at the hands of this destructive emotion. A lot of people even though they will not admit it suffer from this disease. I for one am guilty of this. I am so jealous that when I hear people who are not my siblings call my mother ‘Mummy’ I get mad! So allow me to give you a firsthand report on how it works
It all starts with doubt. When you doubt the way a person feels towards you, you can’t even believe them when they say nice things to you. This doubt then turns into a serious case of distrust which leads to paranoia. You start imagining things and drawing the worst conclusion in every situation. If he calls to ask where you are it means he is checking to see if you are far away enough to bring her over!
In a literature analysis of William Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ a critic described jealousy as ‘the most vivid expression of love, the strongest form and yet the weakest as well.’ Let me break it down for you. When a person shows signs of jealousy in a relationship it means they really care about the other person and they cannot stand the idea of the other person caring that much for someone else. It is the strongest form of love in that a jealous person is willing to go to serious lengths to make sure that they remain number one in the life of their friend or significant other. Jealousy is also the weakest form of love because it clouds your judgement and instead of enjoying your relationship and living in the moment you spend your time obsessing about unimportant things and slowly the desire and trust in the relationship quickly evaporates and any relationship void of these two ingredients becomes tasteless and eventually dies.
Just like sharks smell blood and start coming, jealousy smells insecurity and then attacks. When you doubt your own self-worth and cannot see how amazing you are, it’s hard for you to believe it when someone else sees it. You have to be sure of who you are and come to terms with it. You are a flawed unman being with a lot of annoying traits but you are also a special person with a unique personality with amazing gifts and anybody would be lucky to have you. You are the best version of you in this whole wide world and that alone makes you one of a kind!
Oh and the critic in the fourth paragraph was me! Have a great day.
What manner of monster is this? One who does not crawl in the shadows but rears its ugly head proudly in the light of day. A monster that does not hide underneath your bed but takes over the entire room. A beast so merciless it preys on everyone in its reach, even children. No one is safe from its cold touch. It waits patiently for you to build something magnificent then it creeps in slowly and destroys it brick by brick. It plants a seed of doubt in your mind and waters it with your deepest insecurities till you are completely consumed by rage and engulfed in insanity. Beware my friends, of the green eyed monster.
For those of who do not know the green- eyed monster, it goes by a lot of other aliases. In some corners it is known as jealousy and in other parts in known as envy. Regardless of whatever you decide to call it, it’s still a terrible thing known for doing more harm than good. Many a relationship have suffered at the hands of this destructive emotion. A lot of people even though they will not admit it suffer from this disease. I for one am guilty of this. I am so jealous that when I hear people who are not my siblings call my mother ‘Mummy’ I get mad! So allow me to give you a firsthand report on how it works
It all starts with doubt. When you doubt the way a person feels towards you, you can’t even believe them when they say nice things to you. This doubt then turns into a serious case of distrust which leads to paranoia. You start imagining things and drawing the worst conclusion in every situation. If he calls to ask where you are it means he is checking to see if you are far away enough to bring her over!
In a literature analysis of William Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ a critic described jealousy as ‘the most vivid expression of love, the strongest form and yet the weakest as well.’ Let me break it down for you. When a person shows signs of jealousy in a relationship it means they really care about the other person and they cannot stand the idea of the other person caring that much for someone else. It is the strongest form of love in that a jealous person is willing to go to serious lengths to make sure that they remain number one in the life of their friend or significant other. Jealousy is also the weakest form of love because it clouds your judgement and instead of enjoying your relationship and living in the moment you spend your time obsessing about unimportant things and slowly the desire and trust in the relationship quickly evaporates and any relationship void of these two ingredients becomes tasteless and eventually dies.
Just like sharks smell blood and start coming, jealousy smells insecurity and then attacks. When you doubt your own self-worth and cannot see how amazing you are, it’s hard for you to believe it when someone else sees it. You have to be sure of who you are and come to terms with it. You are a flawed unman being with a lot of annoying traits but you are also a special person with a unique personality with amazing gifts and anybody would be lucky to have you. You are the best version of you in this whole wide world and that alone makes you one of a kind!
Oh and the critic in the fourth paragraph was me! Have a great day.
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