Greetings - Gossip Is Envy in Disguise

Originally Published on March 21, 2024

Hi, Taehyung-ah 😊🤗 How are you today? I hope that you’re doing great and that you’re healthy. I have created a new site (updated: lettersandgreetings.taestars.com). Actually, it’s a subdomain of my site, taestars.com. I’ve thought of segregating my daily motivational greetings (and daily motivational letters that contain no updates about your projects) into a dedicated site for it. As I’ve told you, I’m weaponizing my writings because I really can’t stand all these hackers, neighbors, and other people deliberately disturbing my life. I know they’re paid to do that, and perhaps by different people, for a different purpose now. Whenever I talk about them, they react funny, just like what both of my roommates are doing now.

The new one has already started ruining my peace and calm and disgustingly tried to bring down my security. Isn’t it dumb to talk about me to others when they could have just be smart and brave, or at least be courteous, to talk their problems over with me? You know that when people are doing that to you, they don’t really care because their bigger intention is to ruin you. The more people like them that I meet, the more I see the problem why our country is so poor and why corruption is rampant. No one wants to be smart, brave, and more importantly, righteous. They were even laughing out loud earlier at dawn today while I was exchanging messages with my former principal, and although I’d usually feel annoyed about their deliberate laugh (which they’re doing loudly), I surprisingly felt pity at how these people might have compared my failures with them, which definitely has a huge gap in terms of context. They have no potential (certainly, it’s less than expected, making it be considered as nothing in comparison to yours or mine or other people who are already successful, or even those ordinary ones who also don't tolerate gossiping and small minds), so they can’t afford to take risks. What is there for them to risk, or invest, anyway?

I realize it’s scary to see a world lead by more stupid people, because they make stupid rules, too, where anyone who’s not in agreement with the majority is isolated, and chained, figuratively. I can’t continue to do something I already know is stupid, vile, and hostile. At least, I’ve already tried changing myself by understanding these kinds of people, being kind and being welcoming to them for almost a decade, since their motivational quotes go like: “If you can’t change others, change yourself"; "Be flexible. Be adaptable"; "It’s better to have experience than to be smart"; "You can’t claim to have a good character unless it’s testified by others." Etc. Etc.

But these only feed the cycle of stupidity, corruption, gossiping, rumor spreading, fake news (or words and actions taken out of context), and the cancel culture – all of which push for an authoritarian rule where the most forceful and evil of them all wins. It’s the culture of the Southern part of the country (and other poor, and poorly educated or trained, rural provinces). Even Malcolm Gladwell documented that Southern behavior in his book, "Outliers" (read it, it’s a great book about standing out). Since people have seen how it works on them, they’re also using it to others when they move places. I used to feel compassionate about the poor and the unprivileged before as I want to move forward and bring them along, but their hardwired culture of impending the freedom and excellence of others, and their efforts to keeping the status by whatever dirty, black means possible, like gossiping or outright putting force, makes me see how they won’t be able to level up in life, make a difference, and encourage others to do the same. That’s the bondage of their herd mentality.

Since I have already made up plans on how to conquer my situation, and transform my environment (and my world), I’m feeling happy and thankful to them for giving me fuel. 

“Most gossip is envy in disguise.” - Matt Haig. 

I love you so much, Taehyung-ah. I, and so many of your fans and armys, love you so much. May you never stop believing in that. May you always be assured of our love and support for you and know that when it comes to us, you don’t have to do anything unlike you. May you always find the best in you, or the best way to express your ingenuity in every situation, and be happy and proud. There will always be so many among us who can see how amazing you are in each time. I hope you’ll cut the things, people, and situations that make you sad and obscured. Don’t be sorry for being yourself. Always remember you are always loved. Borahae, Saranghae, Taehyung-ah. 💖💖💖🤍🤍🤍💜💜💜