selfishness

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Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 26 Apr 24

If anyone is on social media, I am sure they have had feed that reveals a significant number of people who feel betrayed and abandoned. I know that I see it daily on facebook. There are those who invest in the lives of their...

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Short story: We can only know ourselves from our knowing God

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 18 Dec 23

The spiritual guru, Sri Anton Fresklev, was telling his audience that life is about us finding out who we really are. Someone up the back of the room, yelled out to Anton. [b]“Now that is just selfish garbage. We are not...

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God's mentors: The role of a mentor

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 13 Nov 22

The Jewish religion claim that they are God's chosen mentors for the rest of the human race. This mentoring role, in the Christian religion, is depicted as being fulfilled for Christians by the role of Jesus Christ, in...

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The Power of Love and Love of Power

Shiva @Shiva49 (28366) • Singapore 16 Jun 21

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace,” is a quote attributed to well-known artist Jimi Hendrix. That is profound and, also, we seem to be inborn with that simple tenet. However, the world...

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Realities will Trump Emotions

Shiva @Shiva49 (28366) • Singapore 3 Apr 21

We are emotional beings/creatures and that leads us to looking at reality though tinted glasses. Reality stares at us back with a vengeance and we will be forced to make up for the lost time. Individually and at a wider level we...

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We cannot truly know ourselves unless we have been in hopeless situations. Do you truly know yourself?

Jenaisle @Jenaisle (16568) • Philippines 16 Aug 20

We lead 'normal' lives when we don't encounter dire situations. This is because we are in our comfort zones. So, we don't get to know our true selves. We can only know our true selves when we are confronted with challenges, like...

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self knowledege

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Selfishness or sacrifice? Or both?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 14 May 20

I came across this quote recently (from Napoleon Hill - an American self-help author who died in 1970): "Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness." I'm not so sure about this....

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If I was in power. An eye for an eye.

marguicha @marguicha (230334) • Chile 29 Mar 20

I have seen during these days how the authorities and the media hide or twist information from the people. I have seen it in my country but I have seen it elsewhere too. And it makes me VERY mad. I would use a...

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rich and poor

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The Selfishness & Panic Concerns Me So Much More Than The Virus

J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3447) • United States 21 Mar 20

I was raised to help others when/if I had the means to do so. While I applaud those people who are reaching out to help each other as best they can, there are other people who are seriously selfish & it shows. All those panic...

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Short story: When toilet paper became the new currency in Australia

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 12 Mar 20

Selfishness rules down-under, in more ways than one. Perhaps the "me first" attitude is very hard to overcome. At the moment, Australia is the laughing stock of the World. Everyone here is hoarding toilet paper, because...

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Poetry: When love returns to itself, it is real love

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 5 Feb 20

Article Summary: This article starts with a short poem, then it has a short commentary about love, and how it relates to selfishness. God's love is never selfish. Selfish love hurts us. [u]A poem about desires and...

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Caught Red-handedly

Junbals @Junbals (1421) • Philippines 8 Apr 19

There is a story I often heard from the early settlers of Mindanao (the southern group of Islands of the Philippines) about the way they caught monkeys. Monkeys abound in this Island and people caught them for food, a necessity...

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Does an American have regard for what others think

Nnaemeka @mydanods (6513) • Nigeria 11 Mar 18

I live in a society in Nigeria where people highly regard the opinion of others. Although it is a city, one would be aghast if the neighbors did not approve of the way he carries out certain activities. So, in our dressing,...

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My Christmas Present to Myself!

The Horse @TheHorse (238270) • Walnut Creek, California 26 Dec 17

Do you buy yourself a Christmas present sometimes? Last year, I bought myself that Martin guitar. This year, I bought myself an inexpensive bass, so I wouldn't have to borrow my friend's daughte's bass when I have electric...

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Do you ever go overboard buying stuff for yourself?

The Horse @TheHorse (238270) • Walnut Creek, California 9 Jun 17

I know that money cant buy love (well, actually it can, but that's another story), but I very occasionally go on these incredible spending sprees, buying stuff for myself. Just the other day I was in Walmart with a kid client...

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What kind of food don't you like to share?

The Invisible Man @TheInvisibleMan (17594) 6 May 17

This can be a tough question to be answered, right? I mean, I know that nobody wants to show some kind of selfishness here, but we all have some kind of food that we don't like to share. Mine would be chocolate. ...

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Have you ever done something totally selfish on MyLot? I did this morning.

The Horse @TheHorse (238270) • Walnut Creek, California 13 Apr 17

I got a comment on an older post this morning. It was from last April, when the payout rate was $1, and Alex et. al were trying to decide what the long-term payout rate would be. Do you remember those days? Anyway, I realized...

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Are there some ways in which people simply do NOT change across the lifespan?

The Horse @TheHorse (238270) • Walnut Creek, California 6 Dec 16

I had a girlfriend in high school. I liked her because she was smart. But she was very unsupportive. I always felt like everything I did around her was wrong. She didn't care for the music I listened to. She didn't laugh at my...

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Avoiding family & social responsibilities is miscarriage of true meaning of "Freedom" or not?

Mycanvas @Mycanvas (108) • India 21 Nov 16

Some of my friends say avoiding family & social responsibilities takes you to threshold of freedom whereas I call it a social defect. Getting rid from family & society is rather a deficient trait of a person. It is not a brave...

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The destructive mentality of a young brat

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 10 Oct 16

I was in a large supermarket the other day, when I noticed a young boy, squeezing and popping the bubbles on some cling wrap plastic wrapping, that was bundled into packets for sale, on a display table, in the centre of the...

destructive mentality

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selfishness and destructiveness

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destructive mindset

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