Jealousy

     Have you ever felt jealous at one point? I have personally felt jealous many times, but I get over it later on. Why do we have this feeling of jealousy? Is it because we think that they are better than us or we want what they have. Sometimes I have no idea why I feel jealous, but I think I feel jealous because I think that they are so lucky and so much more better than me. Maybe this is the reason why I feel jealous. Is there different types of jealousy because we feel jealous of different types of things. Well, I think that there are a lot of things that we can be jealous about things such as: relationships, friendship, money, things that we don't have, and etc.

     Have you ever let jealousy taken over you? I let this happen once and I will not let this happen again. Being jealous at someone is not a very good feeling. I felt very bad and trapped inside like I could not do anything else. When this happened, I started to develop the feeling of hatred and started to hate he/she. Jealousy just does not lead to good things and I think that we should be happy of what we have. We don't all have to have things sufficient to what others have. Having the feeling of jealousy just makes you look down at yourself and think that you are not as good. Well, when I let jealousy take over me, I would try to feel positive because I would rather be a happy person.

     When we are jealous, we do some things that we would not normally do. I think that we should be more calm when this happens. We do not always have to have what others have. If we do, then doesn't it just make us all the same. I think we should just feel happy for what they have. Everyone is different and there are other problems that we have to worry about in life. We can't always face with these little problems that we have because if we don't learn how to over come them we can not face life problems that we have in life later on. We can not let the feeling of jealousy take over our minds and bother our everyday lives. I have not felt jealous for a long time and I think that no one should have the feeling of jealousy. We need to be more happy in life and just laugh with our friends.

The word "Friend"

     How do we define the word friend? Have we ever thought about what the word friend mean to us? I read this article in writing last year that really made me think about my friends. It made me think a great about how I treat them and the different categories I put them into.

     In the dictionary friends is defined as a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard. This is equivalent to what I think friend is, but I kind of disagree with the meaning that they give in the dictionary. It does not fully define what this word mean. To me, friend is defined as a person that we treasure, appreciate, and someone who we think is trustworthy. It is also someone that we can ask for help and support. 

     Does "friendship" also have the same meaning as "friend," or does it have a different meaning? I think they have a specific meaning, but it is just my own opinion. Subsequent when we meet someone new, we usually become friends later on. This is what I define friend. A friend is someone we kind of know and someone we just talk and learn to trust each other later on. The other word "friendship" shows a deeper relationship with our friends. I don't know if there is a difference to others, but to me they seem like two very different words.

     Do we every classify our friends and put them in different groups? Maybe you would say no to this question, but later on you would understand what I mean. Have we thought we constantly use our friends just to make us feel better like they are tools to us. Are there some friends that are just your friends because you want to know more about them so that you can spread rumors? To notice the initial stages of a fake friendship you would notice that he/she would not care much about your feelings and they would be the one that is mostly taking control of you. This seems to be a friendship that I would not want. There are some more classifications of friends that we have: the ones we find for support, the ones we hate, the ones we laugh with, and so much more. Have you ever thought about these categories and that we do not truly treat all our friends the same? Do we know the meaning of friendship and how we put them in categories that we don't even notice? I would like you to think of these questions and tell me what you think.

   

 

My Vocabulary List

These are the words that I am focusing on:

1. Derive
2. Conduct
3. Initial
4. Attribute
5. Hence
6. Regime
7. Sufficient
8. Equivalent
9. Alter
10. Subsequent