on JEALOuSY

HMmmm.....jealousy...make a footnote of that** According to the Wikipedia encyclopedia, jealousy is "an experience one percieves that another person is giving something that he/she wants is due to them".The word stems from the French word, jalousie, formed from jaloux (jealous), and further from Low Latin zelosus (full of zeal), and from the Greek word for "ardour, zeal" (with a root connoting "to boil, ferment"; or "yeast"), originally a condition of zealous emulation. It is interesting to note that we, the "imperfect" humans are never inherently far away from occasional flushes of jealousy, be it day, night, anytime et all! No matter how hard we sometimes try to delude ourselves by suppressing such emotions, nevertheless jealousy is part of life, will be and have always been. Why mention this at all? Well, a friend brought up the term just only, and it struck me that understanding the mechanics and feasibility of being jealous sometimes do make us think! And 'thinking' is something which i dont really fancy actually!=P imagine, all the cerebral pathway activated, then utilising a humongous ammout of hard-earned glucose available to set up a massive interneurone processing mechanism, weaving, zig-zagging, zapping( you can actually hear the brain whirring!) but our RAM wasnt just enough to process the magnitude of the emotion! won't that only be a serious waste of raw resources? But then again, if we are going to face such emotions, again, and hopefully not, again, may we then be prepared to not let jealousy overpower oneself. Nanti kang "mandi tak basah, tidur tak lena, makan tak lalu". The manifestation may take forms of all sorts u can ever imagine, the consequences are difficult to fathom!The distinction between jealousy and envy; well, it would not be wrong to say that most of the time, in a 'jealous' situation there would be a 3rd party; i agree that its moreso the desire of wanting to possess something which is 'owned' by another.....well, while 'envy' mostly deals with a desire for a general thing. Would there be also a chronic or acute jealousy? It's up to u guys to ponder. Hmm.......why am i still blabbering about this piece of crap?? I duno really; can't seem to get it off my mine though:(..............on a heavier note, here's an accompanying article with regards to sexual jealousy, a very thought-provoking reading indeed! Also, this link, from Amatuer Transplants has a quirky London UnderGround song (not for the faint hearted!thanks LuKe) and a curious mix of medico-related compositions by 2 drs themselves!

Lastly, something to reflect (click here) ^^