Posted by Shortelise on June 27, 2005, at 1:54:55
In reply to crying prostitute, posted by Shortelise on June 25, 2005, at 10:58:18
We all know, don't we, that we are what we do. Not what we think, not what we feel, not what we say, but what we do.
I don't think I am a good person, I just sometimes have the sense to do good things.
I often wonder about things like this, if I do them for myself or for the other person. I need to pull myself out of the mediocrity of my life, to take myself out of myself and do things that might make a difference for someone else. But don't I in fact do it for myself? Does altruism exist? Is it too pessimistic of me to think it deosn't? That even selflessness is selfish at it's centre? The ulterieur motive being to feel better about one's self.
Hm.
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