What Is Selfishness And What Is Unselfishness?
Selfishness is thinking about ourselves first. He who thinks, “I will eat first, I will have moe money than others, and I will possess everything.” The selfish man also thinks, ” I will get to heaven before others, I will get salvation before others.”
An unselfish man says, ” I will be the last, I do not care to go to heaven, I will even go to hell if by doing so I can help my brothers.”
The above definitions of selfishness of unselfishness are not easy to digest for everyone. And very rarely found in today’s world however, still there are people who attempt to go this way. Let me tell you one Indian story.
One rich man had a beautiful garden where two men were employed to take care of it. One of these gardeners was very lazy and did not work however, when his owner would come to the garden, this lazy gardener would get up and fold his arms in a typical Indian way and say, “How beautiful is the face of my master( the owner),” and dance before him.
The other gardener would not talk much, but would work hard, and produce all sorts of fruits and vegetables which he would carry on his head to his owner who lived a long way off. Of these two gardeners, who would be the more beloved to the master (owner)?
Ofcourse, the latter one, because his actions speak more than his words. You may find many such flatterers like the former gardener around you. So, beware of them.
