a search for sanity or..........

  • Of starting points

    Posted: August 6, 2008, 12:29 pm by gal africana
    I'm back to ground zero...I grew up with my mum telling me how bad selfishness is, and she instilled copious amounts of guilt in me when and if I showed signs of even taking reference from my own desires or point of view. So I've always worked to please others...and never really understood why that felt fake and untrue. I've always also been convinced that I'm incapable of loving, really really convinced! Now I know why.

    From ground zero, I'm realizing that I cannot love others If I don't love myself. I cannot please others, not for long anyway and not all the time...but I can please myself all the time. I cannot know for others...but I can know myself.

    I'm discovering the art of selfishness...

    Selfishness denotes the precedence given in thought or deed to the self, i.e., self interest or self concern. It is the act of placing one's own needs or desires above the needs or desires of others. Selfishness is the opposite of altruism.

    Next book on my shelf after "The Power of Now" will be "The Art of Selfishness" by David Seabury.

    I'm enjoying the journey :-)
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