When I preach against selflessness I'm not being a heck am just being honest and sincere because I have been there acting and believing that everything I do is ultimately to benefit others without knowing that everything one does is eventually coming back to him good or bad so ultimately whatever you do is for your own good (forgiveness kindness help tolerance etc are selfish virtues)
To be selfish entails a character that reflects a recognition of his uniqueness by nature requires that it is nurtured and developed by the values he seeks in order to grow from seed to tree and bear fruit and must continue to seek out these values to keep bearing fruit. This must be a man's primary concern and placed above serving the purpose of others
I have denied the me in me the values it needs to grow and reach highest potential just to prove to my friends that I am a good person
I have sacrificed what the me in me really needed to grow in way of my career job and many other ways to be a good son and brother to my family
I have starved the me in me while searching finding and feeding my lovers the values they needed just to prove the genuineness of my love but never gotten true love reciprocated
Observe the progressive consequential disaster of this character. I have hitherto for purpose of attaining moral ideal allowed my moral philosophy be corrupted by altruism and have seen myself continually loose within and outside. After a revolutionary mind reprogramming did I realize that loosing yourself in pursuit of gaining another will eventually lead to loosing both you and the other there and then did I understand appreciate and upheld the virtue of selfishness
Several years later, I have been able to establish and grow meaningful relationships, recorded more successes and happiness since I became virtuously selfish because I realized that the other would love, appreciate and never want to leave as long as I remained me who will and can never get exhausted in giving out the value which they seek in the character which I exhibit
Being virtuously selfish is the character needed to redeem man's self-esteem from the hands of society and set him up for attaining significance from maximizing his uniqueness and potentials
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