Be grateful for what you have

Sep 28, 2026 Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom

(Kaieteur News) – You can go to the doctor and get tablets for high blood pressure. You can get medication for diabetes. You can even get something to help you sleep after spending the entire night worrying about whether somebody else has more money than you.

But if your neighbour buys a new car, there is no prescription that will stop you from immediately asking how he could afford it. This, the Guru tells me, is because envy is not really a disease of the wallet; it is a disease of the mind. I once complained to the Guru about a man who had suddenly become very successful. “He has a beautiful house, a new SUV and a business that seems to be doing very well,”