green is the colour of envy (or jealousy) - day six of the seven deadly sins challenge
"envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own." - harold coffin
at the harbourfront tonight, while taking pictures of the boats, a man ranted to his wife loudly while eyeing the little boat moored with a "rent me" sign. the gist of the rant was that "mike" was someone who was just an average guy at university, not even that good looking, but had always been so lucky. mike had also come to a large inheritance from a relative he barely even remembered, and now he's buying his own boat. meanwhile, the ranting man had to work hard for everything and couldn't afford to even rent this measly boat even if he wanted to. he shook his head and spat on the boardwalk.
envy, and jealousy, are borne of the same thread. it is that little but very loud voice in our head that tells us so and so is better, is richer, is smarter, is luckier. it makes us compare our accomplishments with others who we think are in the "same level" as ourself.
envy is represented by the colour green. that is probably how the idiom "the green-eyed monster" came to be (with due respect and no connection howsoever to a pair of beautiful green eyes in australia @danig).
but i love green, it's my lucky colour!
(colour reference derived from www.deadlysins.com/sins/index.htm) (processed in picnik)
@bkbinthecity - thank you. when i overhear an interesting story i try to eavesdrop; a line or two would inspire me to write a story - it works everytime. the processing is courtesy of picnik. try it, you will like it! @jannkc - jann, when you come to toronto, we will rent you a boat. surprise it's cheap at $65 an hour. thank you, jann. @altadc and @rynce - i held off using picnik for months but when i started to use it, there was no going back. this is night vision effect. perfect for the green colour, i didn't have to do much! thank you, alta and rynce. @eddyj - thank you, eddy.
@danig - thank you. the only people i can envy and be vocal about it are my good friends and i live through them vicariously. and mostly i envy the fact that they can wear beautiful shoes and my flat feet at my age cannot anymore tolerate the manolo blanik types. hahahahaha.
interesting story...envy can really eat away at you and it sounds like that guy was really letting it get to him! the sot is a great representation of jealousy too
@patticake - yes the guy just kept on and on. i almost wanted to tell him to be quiet because i was trying to concentrate and he had this funny yet irritating voice that you just can't ignore. i was still piss off when i came home but realized i could use his story for this segmentof the project. god-sent, i say!
wonderful shot, love the color. i used to, and still do at times, have issues with jealousy. have to remind myself that it is about how i feel about myself, that i am insecure, and not how my husband is behaving. we are lucky to be have good communication - that man certainly sounds like he was, to be plain, a jerk.
@cscecil - thanks, CS. he gave me my blurb for the photograph was the positive thing. @catsmeowb - the guy was a big talker; i pity the wife who just winced every time he swore. i really wanted to smack him right then and there. thanks.
@jannkc - jann, when you come to toronto, we will rent you a boat. surprise it's cheap at $65 an hour. thank you, jann.
@altadc and @rynce - i held off using picnik for months but when i started to use it, there was no going back. this is night vision effect. perfect for the green colour, i didn't have to do much! thank you, alta and rynce.
@eddyj - thank you, eddy.
@catsmeowb - the guy was a big talker; i pity the wife who just winced every time he swore. i really wanted to smack him right then and there. thanks.