Response to Blog- Hating

This is a response to Shelby's blog in which she asks, If you envy someone, you dislike them for what they have. However, once you get what they had, would you hate yourself, since the possession was the reason for hating the other person?

I must say that this is an interesting question. I also must say that I don't think that the person would hate themselves for envying the person who had it first. I believe that there is a major selfish nature to humans. People aren't usually satisfied with what they have, we are restless creatures who are always wanting. If one is hungry, and then given something to eatm they are then thirsty, after both hunger and thirst are satisfied, it is then noted that one needs something else. I don't think there is any period of time where any one person is content. I think I am beginning to sound like an existentialist, but existentialism was the first branch of philosophy that I was ever introduced to so I am just going to run with it. I have talked about instant gratification and convenience alot in my blogs. I do believe that human nature is based on that because one, we are always wanting something, and two we have never learned delayed gratification. So to go back to the question, I do not think that there would be one ounce of guilt or hate on the side of the person who envied the other person. I think once the person got the thing that they wanted, they would be delighted with it for a few days (I am really being generous here) and then go on to start wanting something else that someone has and the cycle will repeat itself. I forgot which philosopher it was, but he talked about as a child always wanting to fill holes; holes like our belly button or our mouth so that is why we suck our thumb. We always need to be satisfied and due to this need for satisfaction, it will make us not feel guilt or hate towards ourselves when we get what we want. I also think it depends on what you actually do to get what you want and how much of a conscious you have as a person. With that said, my question is, what determines the capacity of our conscience? What determines how far we will go?