But I think after awhile people forget who we as humans should be and they stop listening and helping unless it benefits them.
Why do us humans care mostly only for ourselves?
We do what it takes to make "me" happy. We have the attitude that it's all about "me", me", "me".
If "me" doesn't want to do this, then I will make known how unhappy I am about having to do this. I will pout and snap at people and act like its the end of the world.
If "me" doesn't get his/her way then I will sulk around and give people grief about it until they feel bad enough to bow down to what "me" wants to do.
If "me" doesn't like this person, then we better not talk to them, even if everyone else in the group likes them, or else I will complain and be ugly the whole time we are around this person.
When did we become so selfish? Or have we always been selfish?
I find our lack of selfLESSness, unsatisfying. I find the way we only think about ourselves, saddening.
Myself, I try to think less of "me" and more of others.
I try not to let someone telling me all their problems make me angry because I never get to say mine.
I try not to complain, pout, and be ugly when having to do something I don't want to do. I try to give everyone an equal chance to do as they want to do, even if I have no desire to do one of those things.
I try to suck up my dislike and tolerate people that others in the group like in order to make everyone happy.
And most importantly, I try to not be so selfish. I try to be selfLESS.
It's hard, but nobody said it was going to be easy.
It's hard because we've thought of "me" for so long that ignoring it would make us uncomfortable. It would make us vulnerable.
Its time to take back our selfishness and become the humans we should be: Honest, Hopeful, Respectful, Caring, Listening, Helpful, Loving, Peaceful...SelfLESS.
© Madison B Barrett
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