Selfish

Something I think about when I'm selfish...

If you're a human, you're selfish, bottom line. I am a great example and am so thankful that through the loving kindness of my heavenly Father, He reminds me of this. There was once a time when I thought I was not selfish, I did things for people and would give away anything really and always thought about them before myself. Yep, we could call that unselfish, right? Until... I traded selfishness in for PRIDE. Because I was selfless in my actions, I became prideful in my thoughts. I was way excited about being selfless and got more excited about being selfless than I did about actually being excited for whom I was putting before myself. My motives had changed. If this wording confuses you, here is a quote by C.S. Lewis that sums it up...

"The negative ideal of unselfishness carries with it the suggestion not primarily of securing the good things for others, but of going without them ourselves, as if our abstinence and not their happiness was the important point." - C.S. Lewis

Soooo, it's true that we receive more joy from giving and putting others before ourselves than the other way around, but let us not get too far ahead of ourselves and lose all sense of humility in our motives. This could be said for all that we do...