It seems to me that I circle back to a lot of topics from time to time in one way or another, and this is one that I circle back to quite regularly. We seem to be heading down a road of "survival of the fittest" but in a very unique way. Instead of the people who are smart, charismatic, or even just good being rewarded for what they do, the people who are willing to push as many other people out of their way as possible are the ones who reap the rewards. Why is it this way? Why do we allow things to become this way? Most importantly, why do we think this type of behavior is acceptable?
If we were placed into a survival situation, let's say we're involved in a shipwreck and end up stranded on an island somewhere, what are the odds that everyone would team up to improve the situation? Would this group of survivors band together, combine skill sets and resources, and find a way to improve the lives of everyone who is in this terrible situation? Would we hold back some of our resources and some of our skills, in case things get bad? Would we hold out completely and make a run for it on our own? Would we bully our way into getting the best of the supplies for ourselves and make sure we survived, others be damned?
Unfortunately, while we all like to say that we would be in the first group, struggling together to carve out the best of a bad situation, more likely than not, we'd be faced with a tough decision and see more and more people in the last few categories I mentioned above.
My question is, why? Why, do we continue to push toward self centeredness and self preservation, regardless of the lives affected by our actions? If we all spent as much energy on improving the lives of everyone around us as we did on improving the lives of ourselves, maybe we wouldn't have to improve our own lives so much because they'd already be great.
Just a thought....
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