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In today’s World where the spirit of entitlement seems to have pervaded the fabric of society, we tend to find people are becoming more and more self-centred in their needs.
Yet, the selfish tendencies haven’t made anyone happier.
As a matter of fact, with all the concerted and misunderstood love of self, ‘my way or no way,’ society is by far, more ill and miserable than ever.
The concept of self-love now translates into whatever makes someone happy, it doesn’t matter who gets run over.
Sometimes, you wonder what happened to courtesy, hard work, self-respect, neighbourliness and regards for others.
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Oh my goodness I agree with you. Common kindness is becoming extinct. Happiness comes from within not without.
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Yes indeed. It’s just unfortunate the way things seem, but I hope it will change some day. Thank you
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So true, sometimes I feel like I am swimming up a stream of egos when I spend time in the blogosphere; your blog offers relief from that.
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Aww, what a lovely thing to say. It’s a bit sad when people get far too wrapped in themselves.
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Agreed. When you start using your comment feed as scorecard, you’ve got problems. Glad you and I aren’t like that!
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That’s really such an unnecessary thing. It makes no real difference in one’s life.
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I agree. I’m never certain how to respond when someone references that.
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Let’s just continue to nudge those with not so nice ways of doing things, in the right direction. Then show them a better way, with floods of happiness and kindness.
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That’s the right approach 🙂 Thank you
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Everyone is always looking out for number one. It’s sad because when someone puts someone’s needs before their own, many people are shocked. That should say a lot about our society. My faith in Christ is what I lean on to keep me from becoming too egocentric. From a more practical every day sense, our family tithes and volunteers our time to our small church every Sunday. This keeps me reliant on God and not myself. Good post.
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Thank you for your comments Pamela. If we take the focus off ourselves a bit, we actually do better.
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This is so true Jacqueline. I think that the greater our level of selfishness, the greater our lack of satisfaction. I also wanted to mention that I love the excerpts from your book 🙂
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Yes indeed, the greater our selfishness the greater our lack of satisfaction.Thank you my dear lady for your kind words. Have a great day today 🙂
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It’s all such a balancing act. I used to neglect myself then came to realize that it was important to take care of myself. Nowadays, when I get stressed and cranky, I realize that I need to stop and do this. The problem is definitely when that is your only and all consuming concern.
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That’s true Michelle. It’s a fine balancing act. Sometimes, I do get cranky too and realize okay, I need to step back a bit and look after myself. I breathe and then regain some of me 🙂
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