selflessness
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eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
12 Nov 20
My countrymen are just starting to pick up the pieces, trying to salvage what they can from the deluge yesterday. I was prodding friends to extend help via monetary donations through Caritas Manila, while my daughter was busy...
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eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
25 Apr 20
I was overwhelmed with the pandemic. Frankly, the Wuhan story was nothing compared with what followed through to the rest of the world. It is almost like I couldn't breathe any longer, the images of the health workers on code blue...
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Teep11
@Teep11 (7673)
• United States
28 Dec 18
In due time there will be the further changes but until then the way to proceed is efficiently. If there was any attention on reading then the folks would be aware that my journey is "self" meaning that others aren't suppose to...
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Carolyn Purser
@CarolynP777 (103)
• United States
26 Oct 18
Would like your thoughts and insights.
Why is it the people who have the least to give seem to be the ones who desire and are willing to give the most, while others who have something to offer are the most reluctant to...
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dragon54u
@dragon54u (31633)
• United States
17 Oct 17
I have mentioned Rodney Smith, Jr. before, I think. He started a company called Raising Men Lawn Care Huntsville (in Alabama) to help people who were unable to take care of their own lawns--single parents, the elderly, veterans,...
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Always smiling
@allknowing (153544)
• India
28 Aug 17
This policeman was being rewarded with a cash of Rs. 50'000 for his act of selflessness. He saved 400 school going kids by this act. He ran with a bomb that was lying, far enough that protected these children. His decision to...
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Shubhu
@shubhu3 (36463)
• New Delhi, India
12 Mar 16
Love soul,not body.
Value people,not things.
Admire present, not past.
Accept reality, not illusions.
Sing wholeheartedly, not apathetically.
Celebrate openly,not covertly.
Live generously,not selfishly.
Life is one,make it...
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rosegardens
@rosegardens (3032)
• United States
30 May 12
I was weeding the yard last week and ended up pulling a glutial muscle on the right side. The following day my back was hurting. The next day it went to my thigh. Then I drove my car and ended up with a painful knee. Often there...
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bingskee
@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
18 Oct 11
Says Jane Austen, "I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle."
Someone thinks that we human beings are inherently selfish. He said that it must be the situation in the society where a human...
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LetranKnight25
@LetranKnight25 (33117)
• Philippines
6 Jun 11
Hello lotters.
That is so true and when ever a person says they're too afraid to love because they have given their best and put their courage into it but when things go down and failed, that's when the heart gets tired, and...
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cerebralcasserole
@cerebralcasserole (11)
• United States
21 May 11
The definition of altruism is "the renunciation of the self, and the exclusive concern for the welfare of others." I wonder, why would someone do this? It's for the feelings they get right? The idea that they are doing something...
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Non-toxic choices
@holistichealth (6)
• United States
4 Dec 10
Parenting: It is one of the most rewarding jobs on earth.
It is a blessed job, but also very stressful.
It requires tremendous selflessness and sacrifice.
As such, it demands patience, if it is to be done well.
Whoever...
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MarappleStiffy
@marapplestiffy (2182)
• Philippines
1 Dec 10
We had no money for my college fees, my father's business went down on fire, our youngest sibling died, we were practically bankrupt...I was so depressed because I was thinking of only me...how hurt I was to lose the brother whom...
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stacyv81
@stacyv81 (5903)
• United States
14 Mar 09
Have you ever heard the story (I dont think its real)
About the couple who were in love and got into a car accident, and they woke up in the hospital a couple of weeks later, and the girl was ok, but her eyes hurt. She found out...
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cyberfluf
@cyberfluf (4996)
• Netherlands
26 Sep 08
Hi everyone,
I haven't been able to post lately, I could say that I wasn't able to post a lot but sincerely; I haven't posted at all. I do miss my mylot friends and I was happy to at least stay in contact with one of them over...
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