Protecting the best of who we are (#1231)

Why is it that some cannot understand that we are all here to experience life in the best way we are able to make it? Some think that this is a contest and we are all competitors for some prize. They also think that as the rewards go to the victor, the losses show that most are unworthy of any humble recognition. It is like someone winning a race and then congratulating solely themselves, and ignoring the other race participants. An arrogance of purpose is their vision and it does nothing to exemplify the best of what our human natures reflect. That we have to protect the best of who we are from others who are also human is baffling, but does speak to the lesser traits we humans exhibit when we choose to glorify our own person instead of all of us together. The greed of selfishness has it's roots in the dark side of our past history. it is not as if selfish greed has just been invented, unfortunately it has been passed down for generations and has become ingrained into our economic and political processes. Rooting out selfish greed is what we need to do all the while protecting ourselves from the quasi acceptable outcomes selfish greed creates. The change in how we consciously think and act is not something that will happen overnight, but the process of this important change must begin now as the balance of our civilized gains are increasingly being assaulted with impunity. My argument or better described as a theory, is that we are all of three natures, compassion, curiosity and the will to survive. When these three are denied in any combination then we are left with lesser traits that can become instilled into our way of thinking. We must understand our root natures before we can see what it is that ails us individually, and as a society, so that we can keep from attacking the very things about us that genuinely reflect who we are.