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Selfishness is the root cause of all relationship problems, whether it’s between a criminal and the state, an employer and his employees, a husband and his wife, a teenager and his parents, a teenager and his or her friends, or whatever. We are all selfish by nature. What we are really doing is sho
This sounds quite selfish, does it not? But then, that is what society is all about today: do not do something unless I can get something out of it. The point is not: what do I get out of all this, because you and I are not really of the essence. We are puny, insignificant creatures of time. We are
By nature we all selfish people; and we would have to admit, if just to ourselves, that we normally live for ourselves and not the brother. We tend to place the importance on what our wants and desires are. If we were to rate our needs as opposed to those around us, I am afraid that ours would come
The world today, and down through the ages, is characterized by selfishness. Men in the world are self-seeking and self-satisfying. Their actions and deeds all point to one fact: I must look out for number one. I have to get what I deserve. We find agreement with Paul in Philippians 2:21. “For all
Why should I not have the right to the things that I want? Second, ingratitude drives entitlement. Ingratitude is thanklessness: showing no thanks or appreciation for what we receive from God and from others. This explains why we think the world owes us everything— we simply deserve it, anyway. Thir
But we can’t blame others, not even our enemies. Our root problem lies in ourselves—our selfishness (look up LD 52, Q&A 127). We need to look inside our hearts and do some serious self-examination. The first thing I find when I look at my own heart is my own selfishness. Only the Lord knows how deep
Here we can see how many people usually fail to look beyond their immediate goals. This man lived for himself but never stopped to ask what benefit there was in all his endless labor. As a matter of fact, although he was laboring for himself, he was actually hurting himself, “bereaving his soul of g
Is it a love for the pleasures and treasures of this world; is it personal ambition, a desire for recognition and admiration; is it the pursuit of material gain and “security”; is it an inordinate love of sports; is it a secret sin we can’t bear to forsake? What stands in the way? It could all be su
Once a person is not friendly to us we will cut him out of our lives and say all manner of evil against that person. Our good deeds are quite different from Jesus’ good deeds which He did to many of the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind. Man as he is naturally, is indeed very self-centered,
If you choose to live only in terms of yourself, you will invariably find your world getting smaller and smaller. If you only consider things from the viewpoint of what can I get out of it, you will find that person you meet down the road getting harder, drier, crabbier, and more self-centered.