Aphorisms and Observations

[unixronin]

I've formulated a fair collection of personal aphorisms and observations over the years.  Currently, there's 62 of them.  They're a mixed bag; some of them are weightier and more substantive than others.

I've decided that for the next little while, I'm going to try to remember to post one of them per day for consideration and discussion.  (Feel free to nudge me if I forget, assuming you're interested.)  I may or may not have additional thoughts or observations of my own to kickstart, or provide perspective on, any discussion.

So let's kick it off with this one:

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1.  If everything that you do in your life, you do only for yourself; then everything that you do, you do for nothing.

Comments

[glitch25.livejournal.com]

And don't get me wrong. I appreciate that they are personal aphorisms. And I also understand the sentiment behind this one. But you did say it was up for discussion.. So I am. And I don't like the wording of it.

Along those lines, that need to leave a legacy can be construed as selfishly motivated as well. I'll give you an example: Some people have the overwhelming need to procreate in the interest of having a "Mini-Me". It doesn't matter that there are bunches and bunches of children without parental units stuck in a screwed-up system. It doesn't matter that adding mouths to feed to an already taxed system of existence (some moreso in other countries) continues to further the problem. No. It's all about "this person needs to be of me. Mine. My genes. My contribution. Mine."

That's not to say that all people are like that, but I do think that some of your motivations (in the context of this discussion), when applied to people in general, can also at times be construed as selfish.