love sets you unfree
“Liebe macht unfrei» [„love sets you unfree"] is the title of an interview Peer Teuwsen made with Esther Vilar
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The idolatrous state of slavery produced by infatuation [= romantic love] is a one of Vilar’s important sub-themes within the central theme of freedom vs. slavery. “Liebe macht immer unfrei. Das ist eine Religion mit der kleinstmöglichen Gemeinde. Gott und Anbeter im Verhältnis eins zu eins.” [„Love will always set you unfree. It is a religion with the smallest possible congregation. God and Worshipper in a ratio of 1 to 1."]
Epicurus warned against this kind of slavery 2300 years ago already – for the vast majority in vain.
Being an employee is stressful
I read that working to make others richer is stressful:
http://cbr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/33/2/57
Managing Envy and Jealousy in the Workplace
by Kim Dogan and Robert P. Vecchio
Negative emotion is a common experience for many employees. Competition for rewards, resources and recognition drives much of the animosity and ill feelings associated with employee envy and jealousy. In this article, the causes and consequences of employee resentment are highlighted. Factors that contribute to greater levels of employee resentment include reengineering, diversity and generational conflicts. In addition to reduced performance, dysfunctional consequences of negative emotion include stress, job dissatisfaction, withdrawal, retaliation and poor citizenship. The article concludes with a set of five specific suggestions for reducing and managing negative emotion at work: (a) giving consideration to emotional maturity at the time of hire, (b) using teams and participative management, (c) implementing an incentive system that supports employee cooperation, (d) encouraging open communication and (e) placing high achievers in mentor positions.
My conclusions:
Being an employee – i.e. working to get others richer – implies competition, animosity, resentment, jealousy and envy. Its consequences are stress, job dissatisfaction, withdrawal, retaliation and poor citizenship.
My suggestions:
Avoid working for making people rich altogether. If you feel like working, do it :
- to make yourself happy i.e. to get the “flow” experience
- to make your friends and/or family and/or community happier
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