The Best Kept Secret
Society taught me this was the formula for happiness:
This is what happens inside you:
By doing as we are told and taking from others, we expect others to take
from us also. We become defensive of our possessions as well as our
emotions. And we end up alone. You expect very little from other people,
because you just assume they just want something of yours. The truth to
this is the sad part. This is selfish economics, and this creates a selfish economy.
What if we have it all backwards?
In reality, no one survives alone. Every one of us arrived here because of two people consummating. We are then fed, nurtured, and educated until we can make it on our own. Even then, we are dependent on family and friends. And as a member of society, we are dependent on communities, economies, and social services. We need our cars to work, our money to be safe, and our bodies to be healthy.
Is this all in exchange for money? Or is it people caring for people? I'd like to think it's the latter. At least, I'd like to think it started that way. And if it's not that way now, I think we should fix it.
Everything you depend on others depend on also, and what it boils down to is this:
What if we have it all backwards?
In reality, no one survives alone. Every one of us arrived here because of two people consummating. We are then fed, nurtured, and educated until we can make it on our own. Even then, we are dependent on family and friends. And as a member of society, we are dependent on communities, economies, and social services. We need our cars to work, our money to be safe, and our bodies to be healthy.
Is this all in exchange for money? Or is it people caring for people? I'd like to think it's the latter. At least, I'd like to think it started that way. And if it's not that way now, I think we should fix it.
Everything you depend on others depend on also, and what it boils down to is this:
If everyone cared for everyone, everyone would care for you.
We all have our priorities and you may not be number one, but last I checked everyone was a lot of people.
What if we have it all backwards?
What if we have it all backwards?
Amazingly, what you give isn't taken away from you. That is also one of the special properties of love.
It's shared, not given or taken, and others will feel it when they
receive it. Through others, you become a fountain of prosperity.
When success is defined by the amount of people you help, it makes you
bigger. Your expectations rise at all levels -- for others, for
yourself, and for what everyone can do for each other. This is selfless economics, and this is the selfless economy.
