The seven deadly sins or are they….??? -Part I, Envy

I really needed to vent this out, I’ll rather not mention the reasons that have led to this uncharacteristically chucking of personal emotions on my behalf, but I will delve straight into a discussion about the seven deadly sins, namely, “Envy”, “Gluttony”, “Greed”, “Lust”, “Pride”, “Sloth” and “Wrath”.
If you are unaware of their meanings or origin, do not read on! Rather go wiki it.
Here on I’m just going to discuss my views on why the supposedly “deadly sins” are the basic traits of any man, without whom the existence of any civilized society is questionable.
This post is the first one of seven that will deal with the deadly sins, as I see them.
This one deals with envy.
It’s necessary. The hierarchy of society makes for every reason to be envious of someone or the other. A beautiful example is a short story by Jeffery Archer, “The grass is always greener”. I’ll tell it in succinct, it moves as a narrative through the various employees of an organisation, everyone of whom is envious of the next. It begins with the doorkeeper and ends with the firm’s CEO being envious of the same doorkeeper.
Now if you did wiki/google the title, you probably have read Dante’s take on it, “love of one’s own good perverted to a desire to deprive other men of theirs.” But oxford dictionary, the ultimate standard of anything English gives it as: “A feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another”. There’s a big difference.
It’s totally natural to desire something you do not have. In fact it’s motivating! It spurs you on to try and get what you desire and you do not have. Yes, the realization that you don’t have it but somebody you do not like has it fills you with anger. But isn’t it good to bubble with anger and doing something about it than to live life in a way so demeaning that you do not even care.
Feel free to call me dark and a Satanist but I do not care. There’s no such thing as black and white in today’s world and in this canvass of grey all of us have a few dark shades. So instead of denying them why not embrace them and reap the benefits of the dark side too.
I do not believe in hypocrisy and openly admit of being extremely envious of a people I barely know, yet whose lives have crossed paths with mine. I hate them, and of things they got and have still got! But instead of sitting around brooding about it, I have decided to do something about it. Maybe it’s a bit too late but, in the highly clichéd footsteps of the wise, better late than never.
Just so that people do not take me wrongly I’m not a necromancer, nor am I going to harm them in any way, but all I’m going to do is take crisp and strong steps to achieve all I want and can still get.
Not that I was always like this, it was a demon for me, one that I badly wanted exorcised. But I faced my demon and now have embraced envy and am hoping to turn it in the way I want. Can you?