<p>My policy is to do everything, then get ridiculously amazing at a select few things.</p>
<p>Discipline, self-mastery, dedication, and perseverance. But that’s pretty typical.</p>
<p>^^^^I don’t think they were trying to imply that there was anything wrong with that, atleast based off of what you quoted.</p>
<p>^Rejecting my offer to argue… :*(</p>
<p>^I was thinking that too, but then again he kinda admitted to being a dick?</p>
<p>I just think there’s something wrong with calling everyone selfish, I guess it justifies jerks. Like, I’ll bite that people do things because they like it/get some reward or they wouldn’t do it, at least not consistently. But while there is a personal gain in the christian who volunteers a lot, whether it’s just for bragging rights or he/she feels good after feeding homeless, it doesn’t justify the thief stealing for personal gains. I suppose there should be varying degrees of the word selfish, from the empathetic to the average to the a-hole. That or the word “selfish” just loses meaning.</p>
<p>I’m not christian myself, and sometimes they do get on my nerve, but I don’t figure it’s my place to question who they serve or why so long as they do good. When christians use their religion to do terrible things I get annoyed though, but that’s of anyone really doing terrible things regardless of how they justify it.</p>
<p>^There’s nothing wrong in identifying someone as selfish. Being selfish can benefit a multitude of individuals. I think that’s just how we perceive our actions and intentions. We each are entitled to our own opinions though.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s wrong either, we just need more words because of the negative connotation of “selfish”. It generally is a negative word to people and I wouldn’t care to just as generally describe the human race as that. I rather like the human race and figure we’re just obviously going do what’s right for ourselves, but we don’t always blatantly take the candy from a child because we want it, we have empathy and we also care for one another even if caring for one another is just a way to make the race last longer, it’s not so bad.</p>
<p>It is more commonly oriented around negative descriptions. What about self-benefiting?</p>
<p>Possibly, I prefer not-screwing-yourself-over, or as my mom will say “common sense”.</p>
<p>Well, my favorite line I have ever heard was from the movie 500 Days of Summer. The main character (I forgot his name) was asking Summer why didn’t any of her past relationships worked and she said “because life happened”. I totally agree.</p>
<p>“I love trying to live like Jesus Christ, helping to make other’s lives more happy, fulfilling, meaningful. I love loving others and God (Jesus). I want to honor Him every second of my life. This is what motivates me to get out of bed, to have Jesus live through me to bless others.” </p>
<p>MD5, it’s amazing how you would put down someone who would love to help make your life even more wonderful through Jesus’ love. Why attack such a beautiful concept?</p>
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I think you’re trying to get at the difference between the theoretical and actual? In my opinion, everything comes back down to survival, and if it’s rational in that sense, than that’s what one would actually do. Agree? Disagree?</p>
<p>If “the unexamined life is not worth living,” then I think it’s right to live a life of constant contemplation and self-examination. Keeping this in mind, my life philosophy is to simply do what is right in the present moment, according to what my conscience dictates.</p>
<p>And yes, I think religion has a place in this and it has a place in my life. But religion has to be in accordance with reason.</p>
<p>I like to think I live by common sense, and get ****ed when people fail to utilize such a simple thing. I also tend to live by the facts, the truth. I hate lies, being lied to, I have told some, but only to protect other people’s fates and feelings, as well as my own. None of my lies have negatively effected me greatly. I live to have fun, enjoy life, make a living, be successful, have a family, and by the time I die, I hope to achieve all of those things in flying colors. When I lay in my deathbed, I hope I can say, I fully enjoyed my life and fulfilled/achieved all of my major goals.</p>