Drew
Human beings, when not 'taught' to be 'better' become selfish.... no one becomes anything. We are born selfish and uncaring, because our minds are built to seek pleasure. Not to do things that don't easily or obviously bring pleasure back...
So we have to learn that to ultimately be happy, we need to make others happy.
Otherwise, we would just do what instantly makes us happy... like this kid is... he wants the milk, so he screams for it till it arives... it comes. he is happy... and as long as it keeps coming.. he isn't going to need to do it another way..
He is acting like a baby does... crys till it gets what it wants... not because it wants to be annoying, but because it gets it what it WANTS.
getting what we want is what our minds try to do... thats what life does... trys to get what it wants and need and all other things be damned.... unless you exist in a society and require that society... but those situations are learned... not instinctual.... anyone who says otherwise doesn't understand how children are reared...
in other words, if we were born caring and unselfish, we wouldn't need to learn it...
Human beings, when not 'taught' to be 'better' become selfish.... no one becomes anything. We are born selfish and uncaring, because our minds are built to seek pleasure. Not to do things that don't easily or obviously bring pleasure back...
So we have to learn that to ultimately be happy, we need to make others happy.
Otherwise, we would just do what instantly makes us happy... like this kid is... he wants the milk, so he screams for it till it arives... it comes. he is happy... and as long as it keeps coming.. he isn't going to need to do it another way..
He is acting like a baby does... crys till it gets what it wants... not because it wants to be annoying, but because it gets it what it WANTS.
getting what we want is what our minds try to do... thats what life does... trys to get what it wants and need and all other things be damned.... unless you exist in a society and require that society... but those situations are learned... not instinctual.... anyone who says otherwise doesn't understand how children are reared...
in other words, if we were born caring and unselfish, we wouldn't need to learn it...