Letters to the Editor
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The Jealousy is Palpable
Whenever any of the LWs are affluent or fortunate in any way the seething jealousy seeps through in a great many of the letters. For those of you who resent this girl her good fortune to be affluent and beautiful you should find schadenfreude in this letter. Why the outbursts of hostility? Be happy. So you aren't rich and beautiful. It wouldn't necessarily make you happy anyway. It is not hard to understand that someone with some of life's most coveted assets might be unhappy. As humans we have basic human needs. Wealth and beauty are not among them. They are simply advantages to attaining them but they are not a guarantee. And as Cary pointed out, they can lead one to a sense that they are not entitled to acknowledge their dissatisfaction. The research shows that a sense of satisfaction has much more to do with the personality traits that you posssess than with any personal assets such as intelligence or beauty. Wealth beyond poverty has almost no effect. I know this will be almost impossible to believe for so many of the commenters who think that if only they were wealthy and beautiful they would be so happy. What kind of a shallow person could fail to be happy with those advantages? That question is so ironic it hardly needs comment. For all those who are inclined to insult this poor suffering girl for being shallow, superficial, etc please take a moment to as yourself what motivates your hostility.