Lets start by defining selfishness. Webster says it's being "concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself : seeking or concentrating on one's own advantage, pleasure, or well-being without regard for others"
To succeed in life, by societies standards anyways, some selfishness is needed. You take advantage of those around you and do things for yourself, otherwise you will never make it to the top, not in your job, not socially, not even with your own family. Why does it have to be like this? Why can't you just work hard, and do things for others, why do people who are selfless get no recognition? Im not sure how our society has become this way. The majority of people I have met in the past few years have been so self centered. Why do we only care about ourselves? our own lives?
I went on a mission trip a few years back, the theme was "give me your eye" it was about seeing the world through God's eyes, and frankly I don't like what I see. There are people out there somewhere who are living for God, the way He intended us to live, but more often then not I see people, even those who call themselves Christians, living and acting in a way that does not bring honor to the Lord. My heart breaks for those effected by the selfish actions of others. Im not perfect by any means, I have messed up, and I have been selfish, but I try to put others first. I try to look at every situation as if I were the one experiencing it, as if it were me going through what that person is going through. What if more people did this? Would it change anything? There are so many negative things happening in this world that are effected by the selfish acts of other. I know the majority of you want to see something done about this. Obama won the election by preaching about all the things he would "change" has it happened? No. Why? Because change starts with you. One person. That's all it takes. Change yourself, stop blaming others and asking "why does't somebody do soothing about about that?" and be the somebody. Be the person who changes someones life for the better. Who makes a positive impact instead of a negative one. My hope for the remainder of this year, and next, is to see people love on one another more. To put their own needs aside for someone else. To pay it forward. I know this all sounds clique being that the holidays are just around the corner, but it's something that has been weighing on my heart for a while now. I will be that somebody. Will you?
