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These two pairs have a lot of things in common, that is why
we are going to discuss about these putting together. Hatred and Jealousy:
Once upon a time a man preyed to god for days at end. God was really happy
with his devotion and dedication, and came to see him. The god granted him a
wish, but there was a catch. What ever he will ask for, his neighbor is going to
get the double of it. The man thought to himself that it does not matter what
his neighbor gets, at least he can get whatever he always desired for.
But in few days the blessing became a nightmare for him. He
asked for a palace for himself to live in, his neighbor got two. He asked for a
billion dollars, his neighbor got two. He asked for a beautiful woman for him,
his neighbor got two. Now you can understand his dilemma. He lost his sleep
even. He was bothered about what his neighbor was getting. Obviously he was
jealous of what his neighbor was getting. Gradually he stopped even asking for
himself too. What is the fun of asking for the things that his neighbor is going
to get the double of it? Than one day he met his friend who was a lawyer by
profession. Seeing his friend in distress the lawyer gave his piece of advice to
him. This guy was really happy now. He again went back to the god and said I
want to loose one eye of mine. The neighbor became blind. Now seeing this he
asked god for two wells in his courtyard. The neighbor got four wells in his
courtyard. Now it was only a matter of time that the neighbor would fell into
the well and die, and it so happened. The neighbor fell in one of the wells and
died.
This story implies on all of us. Hatred and jealousy are
negative emotions, and we all in one way or the other suffer from it. It acts as
termite on our emotional level and eats away all the positive emotions in us.
These emotions keep thought level busy.
On the other hand there are emotions of compassion and
kindness. The most powerful people in our history are remembered for their
emotions of kindness and compassion. Mother Teresa is one such example.
Shakespeare understood the power of these destructive
emotions very well. He explained in his own explicable way the destructive power
of these negative emotions in all his novels and stories. Jealousy and hatred
played a vital role in all his novels.
If you really want to become successful in life you must
indulge in finding out the way to be emotionally stable, and the rest will
follow.
Conclusion: Emotion is the fountainhead of success.
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