Greed For Fame.

“MUAHAHAHAHA! Finally, another newspaper article front cover about me. “Benevolent Billy Gives Quarter Fortune to Pooly Children Orphanage”. I’m famous for being generous; people know and recognise me now!” Billy announced.

“He and his nonsense again, always trying to gain fame by doing generous works.” Benny, Billy’s brother, murmured.

Many people do not like Billy as he is conceited and narcissistic about his wealth and generosity all the time. This is how Billy overcome his greed and became a better person…

Ever since Billy was desirous over his brother for being renowned in the entertainment circle, he tried to overthrow his brother so that people would like him more than his brother.

“So what if Benny is famous, I can be like him too, not that he’s so capable and he’s the only one!” Billy said vigilantly. Jealousy filled Billy, and winning him is the only thing in his head.
When Billy was a small boy, he was often ignored by his parents because he never listens to them. He also argues with them if things did not go his way. On the other hand, Benny received better treatment from them as he showed exemplary behaviour. They also bought whatever he wanted, and does everything in his favour. He felt unfair. He decided to study very hard and score good grades. Now, he burns midnight oil, just to ensure that he can outdo Billy.

One day, Billy finally succeeded. He became the manager of Company Rich, and started to earn lots of money. As he did not have talents unlike Benny, he thought of many ways to outshine his brother. He started working on projects after projects, and thus many people know him. Billy felt satisfied of his numerous achievements, appearing on newspapers and magazines umpteen times. He also donated to various charity centre and orphanage, out of fame, not generosity.

His attitude went from bad to worse. Greed went over his head. His friends started to ignore him and some even disregarded him as their friend. Although newspapers described him as a respectable and admirable, people around him know that he has a motive in his heart by doing these acts.

Years passed, and Billy felt lonesome and forlorn. No one bothered and cared about him. His friends did not even glance at the newspaper when he was on it. “What happened?” Billy thought, “ Why did everyone leave me? What have I done?”

Weeks after weeks, Billy reflected upon whatever he had done. Finally, one month later, he realise that he had neglected his friends, and in his mind was to defeat his brother. He did not cherish his relationship with his friends and families, causing him to lose everything he had once before. He failed to treasure them.

Greed over fame had almost cost Billy to lose everything he had. From then on, he learnt how to be mindful of what he is doing, and forget about outdoing Benny because as brothers, they should be thinking of how they can help each other instead of competing with each other.