I legitimately don't understand people who care so much about themselves they can't be happy for others. I had a "friend" try to destroy me because of envy. I

I legitimately don't understand people who care so much about themselves they can't be happy for others. I had a "friend" try to destroy me because of envy. I worked hard for the little I had that in an area he didn't. To be unable to control the compulsion wrought by envy is pathetic to say the least. You don't need much to survive in this world. And that's enough to be happy. You can always trade down your friends to people who are less wealthy and the problem of keeping up with the joneses is solved near instantly. You also don't even need friends. Just drop them if they are a-holes, trust me they wont notice, especially those guys compulsively running rat race. They are the npc's of this world, and they don't even know it. Mindless drones working to outdo other mindless drones. They'll be working to out-status the next guy until they're dead. Trust me they are robotic status seeking machines. That's why they try to one up everyone, that's why they try to make you feel bad, that's why they try to hide the fact that they want to make you feel bad to fit in with society so society will accept them, that's why they kiss ass and kick down, that's why when their boss tells them to jump, they ask "how high?". They are a cataclysm of anxiety and compulsion driven, emotional status seeking machines. You find this out when you break their machine logic and they are unable to find a prewritten routine. They literally look like broken computers as you watch their OS short circuit, and you realize how little humanity they have. > Rich people aren’t aware that their tales of success make people like me feel bad. Because quite often they aren't aware at all. To live in a world of full of other people and not even be able recognize others exist. You don't want to be them. You want to be in control of you and your destiny. Find your inner child. Find your soul and live your life.