How Do You Spell GREED?

We see greed from different eyeglasses. We spell it as it fits our perceptions of life. It is easy to excuse greed, calling it: 'working smart' or 'just being creative'. We can even exalt it to the level of 'righteous strife'. But the truth will always be that the greedy ones live a sub-optimal life and put the rest of humanity at risk. Has anyone wondered why God made all of His creation interdependent and not independent? Man needs oxygen from plants. Plants need carbon dioxide from man. The ecosystem, I believe, is God's way of reminding us that we need and exist for each other. The poor needs the rich; and the poor is a project divinely handed out to the rich. To acquire far beyond your needs is not ingenuous; it is greed. To take advantage of others in your inordinate desire to advance yourself is not smartness; it is greed. To seek for  more power and fame at the expense of others, is not survival; it is greed.

Does GREED mean being complacent and non-adventurous? Far from it. To aspire is divine. To advance is God-ordained. But to attempt to live by preventing other people from living their own lives, is evil. Our destinies are intertwined. No man TRULY succeeds at the expense of a fellow man.

GREED is a heart issue. Once you have a disquiet in your heart about a deal, stand back to think. Are you about to destroy others in order to climb the success ladder? Let the greedy ones realize that we have only one world. And this one world survives and progresses when the inhabitants - out of the fear of God and respect for humanity, break away from the grip of GREED.

So, tell me: how do you spell GREED?