When it stops being about each of us first, then we will start living up to our belief that we are benevolent. The truth is we each still put ourselves first in the quiet of our mind and then into action. We may say we are philanthropists to the outside world but most of us just do that for show. Our hearts need an overhaul and until that happens, we are just lying to ourselves. How can we get a "heart overhaul"? Simply by letting go of the thought that we deserve anything at all. We are not "due" one iota of anything! We all have dreams and hopes of what could be and what should be, however, we are not "owed" these dreams or hopes. At some point in our future, that is if we survive past our own wanton egos, we may indeed begin to have what we could and should have, but presently we are all still in the illogical scrambling mode of greedy selfishness. Trapped by the thought that if we don't look out for number one (ourselves) then no one else will. That is wrong! When we focus on others then things can happen for us. We humans are a caring people and when we see care given to others in an unselfish manner, it inspires us to return that care. Now I know the cynics would smile and say, aha, another sucker doomed to disappointment. What the cynic doesn't understand is that it is in the caring where we find satisfaction, not in the acquiring of materials and vanity at any cost. The real purpose in life is finding happiness and when happiness is found in the simple act of being a benevolent soul, who is really the sucker? We cannot live two contrarily different lives at the same time and apply one set of honorable principles to it and expect it to be honest, which is what is revealed when we honestly look into the mirror.
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