The True Meaning Of Being Selfish

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If you are not a selfish person you are not doing yourself well!

I did my research and found that there is a need for more selfish people in this world. Only very few people on earth have ever been selfish.

But every day, you hear people complaining that everyone is selfish. This in my opinion is farther from the truth. Generally, we really need more selfish people. Did I hear you say hmm? The problem we have in the world today is that very few people are selfish or have ever been selfish. We were misinterpreting people as selfish because of the misinterpretation of the word "selfish" in our dictionaries.

To be truly selfish means to do as you please now and forever. Otherwise, you hurt yourself. If you examine it you will find that the correct word for the current meaning of “selfishness” as contained in dictionaries is self-destruction.

It is fair to say that a selfish person puts himself first, his interests, his name, and his image. Such a person seeks first his happiness, joy, and peace of mind without regard for the opinions of others. This person also wants to continue in the hearts of others and be remembered long after his death.

How many selfish people and organizations we know have achieved the above. Can we say that they were really selfish or self-destructive?

Every one of us needs to learn how to be truly selfish and to act selfishly for ourselves from now on.

How can you be truly selfish

Be the best version of yourself

Most of us pass through life without ever considering how God created us. We neglect our natural resources such as gifts, talents, passions, and values. People never see who we really are. Our colors and contrasts are hidden within us. And we live like copies of others and rub the earth with the role we could have played. And we deprived ourselves of the fulfillment, the joy, and the peace of mind.

When you find yourself in a situation where you feel lonely, you have the time to seek out and search patiently and diligently to be your master. Not many people have time for this. I think most people don’t love themselves enough to separate themselves for selfishness in an obtrusive and lonely way.

Finding your true self is like digging for treasures. The true nature of everyone is hidden within him. You cannot see this from the surface because it is spiritual. Time and effort are required to map, erase, excavate, drill, dispose of, extract and refine self.

We must dig up and throw away what we do not need to find out who we are. We do not consider money, position, or material possessions. We should take away everything we own that covers our real wealth and give it to others. Anyone who tries to save his life will lose it, and anyone who wants to give up his life will have it. The fact is, to have it, you have to free up something. This is the truer meaning of selfishness.

Helping others is selfishness

Taking the pain to help other people is a selfish act. When you constantly look for opportunities to help and support others, you are thinking only of yourself. Now, why is this a selfish act?

Every time you give to help others you are contradicting yourself. It also requires a well-trained mind to understand why you need to be more considerate of yourself by supporting others.

If you have never done this before you were never selfish. True selfishness means self-sacrifice for the benefit of others. And there is always true happiness and satisfaction when the recipient shows gratitude.

Now I do not mean that we all need to start giving to be considered selfish. I am not referring to a kind of public tithe or contributions. I just wonder about the benefits we could all derived if we could have a change in our culture, the change that leads to a more sacrificial attitude towards others.

Separating yourself for learning a new skill is selfishness

One of the things I have seen about life is that not many people love themselves enough to be concerned about their future. People only focus on the now, and here and there busy doing things that has little or no benefits to their future.

We want to keep up with friends on the street and on social media because we don't want them to think we are unkind by going the lonely way of painstakingly training in the secret.

The time you spent away from friends in the secret is an opportunity to try something different, to discover your true self and how selfish you can be by developing yourself, to be much worthwhile to other, not only with words and popularity but with real value by what you can do more than them.

This gives you the power to choose what you want to see more in your life. How you want to live your life, and the people that you want to associate with. Taking time away from the public to train yourself on a new skill that will make you more valuable to people is a pure act of selfishness. Denying yourself of pleasure for better things that make your life more valuable to others is the greatest act of selfishness.

In this case, the more selfish you can be, the better it's for your development as human being.

This is just my imagination. You can leave your comment in the comments section below, and don't forget to leave a vote. Just how selfish you can be.

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