Why do some people derive pleasure from the misfortunes of those who are exceedingly blessed than they are?

Why do some people derive pleasure from the misfortunes of those who are exceedingly blessed than they are?

Pleasure is what every human being always desires to have. At this state people feels contended, happy, delighted, satisfied, enjoying that very moment, or instance, occasion, for a certain period of time. This means that not for long, he or she will be yearning for more. We get pleasure from material acquisition, triumph, achievements, and others that we desire to have. And more so we consider this a satisfaction or for others, they call these blessings.

The above problem statement merely describe how people in nature have animistic feeling of what we call envy, jealousy, desire, lust, covetousness, and more than what you can think of. In a secular society, people tend to compete with each other in terms of success. Sometimes they try to acquire more than what they need in terms of material value just to show that “I have more than what you have”. If others have something they do not have, they have this feeling of material deprivation. And these feelings of deprivation sometimes lead to corruption.

People who derive pleasure from the misfortunes of others live in a world of survival of the fittest. They see failures of others as a way of alleviating themselves from their current state. Instead of striving hard to achieve their goal, they instead focus their attention on others adversity. They lack self realization that what they have is already a blessing. I believe satisfaction and contentment is what we need. Let’s look up to the success of others as an inspiration to motivate us more to be successful.