Sunday, September 9, 2012

yes we are selfish...


Selfishness…
Now that I’m thinking about actions… lets speak openly… What do you think about this phrase…. “there is nothing you will do in your life that does not benefit yourself” is it true or false? Initially you may think its true but think about it. Why do you go to school? Because your parents make you? Well you choose to go to school because you think going to school is better for yourself than arguing with your parents or getting in trouble. Oh you the rebellious type and bail on school? Well then you think it is more in your benefit not to go to school than it is and would rather take crappy grades and an argument with the parentals…

Well that was easy… let’s take it up a notch. You’re 27, have a beautiful family. Five year old Jimmy runs out to the street after a grasshopper a car comes flying down the street and is oblivious to your child in the road. You have two options run and push Jimmy out of the way and get hit by the car or watch helplessly as Jimmy gets run over… how could throwing down your life for your children be selfish? Well why would you put your life down for your child? You love him. So why is this selfish? Or in better words to prove my point, how does putting your life down benefit you? Well you may think that the guilt of not doing anything to prevent your child’s is too powerful and would ruin your life forever if you didn’t jump in front. Could you imagine living a life knowing you could have saved your son but sat and watched him die instead? Awful, awful right?

Lets have a discussion in the comment box. Try to think of a truly selfLESS action that benefits someone else and not you at all… and before you say giving money to charity, think about it… why do you give money to charity? Avoidance of guilt, pleasure in helping others, peace of mind, I mean all these things are ways that benefit ourselves… think about it realll hard folks J

Food for thought homies

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