I listened to this podcast on schadenfreude - a pleasure that comes from seeing others suffer. It sprouts from jealousy, and I thought to myself how many times I've experienced such a feeling. Way too many to count - that's for sure. But the more I analyzed myself, the less I liked what I was seeing. It's not right to become happy at another's expense (unless they're really, really evil), but it's present all the same. It's inalienable, and I guess all emotions are. But maybe it's how and when we choose them that differs.
So how do you get rid of an emotion you don't like? If all these feelings are innate and a part of ourselves, then it's really impossible to dispose of a bad feeling. Are they like dormant monsters, ready to awaken and wreak havoc? Or can one come to peace with them and never bring it up? Does our behavior depend on how often certain emotions overcome us? Are our conscious selves just a pie chart? Is that what character is?
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