Schades of Gray

Today’s word of the day, I have decided is schadenfreude. I was surfing bloglinks of friends and came across the term again. Why is it so seductive? I know of people who don’t feel properly alive unless they have someone or something to bitch about. The quickest way to feel better about yourself is to put someone else down, or observe or talk about someone or something deprecatingly. It feels momentarily good but it’s wrong, and it’s bad for the soul, I believe. Slippery in its quick, dark seduction, delivered in the form of bad TV, tabloids and gossip, it’s a thing I personally try to indulge in as little as possible. Great word, though.