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RE: Optimism at the End of the World #10 : Selfishness and Selflessness - The two are not at odds

in #spirituality7 years ago

This is by far the greatest advice! I should accept help and kindness from others without probably overthinking about their motives. If they want help, i'd try to assume they are genuinely wanted to help although if I look on the other side of the coin, they don't.

Don't feel guilty about making money, as long as you feel ok about how you made it. Don't feel bad about receiving help and kindness from others, as long as you are greatful.

Letting our guards down isn't as easy as it takes. Experiences from the past plays role in creating a wall and our self defense mechanism. Just by imagining possible outcomes by trusting people isn't easy but I gotta say, sometimes we have to just take a little risk and come out from our little world to see what other people has to offer. Sometimes help comes from the most unexpected ways isn't it?

The most important thing is building trust. If we build trust with others and create pockets of trust in our neighborhoods,we begin to get a glimpse of our true potential. We can begin to let our guards down and imagining all the possibilities. Then through trial and error we can come up with solutions to all of our problems.

Keep healing people and making them believe in human once again :)

Cheers!

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Well, I think it's important to try to understand people's motives and also to make yours as clear as you can without inviting drama.

As for trust, it's important to start small and also be realistic about what everyone has to gain and lose and not be too paranoid either. This is why it's important to create situations where everyone wins. If everyone can win, the motivation to fuck someone over goes down and it's easier to start to build trust.

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