I Believe In Selfishness

I believe in selfishness. When you hear the word ‘selfish,’ not many good things come to mind. You probably think of self-centered people who only care about themselves, and never others. Well, I’ve learned that caring about others and helping society out actually is a way of being selfish. When you try to help another person into trying to lead them onto a good path or trying to help somebody in desperate need, you have that feeling that you need to assist that somebody. Those feelings make you help that certain human, which basically makes you a selfish being considering you are helping that person because you care about them. You feel the need to support that individual, you are doing something you want and your choice; to aid that person

One person that made me realize that selfishness isn’t always a bad thing was my mom. As a single mom that works all day and raises two kids, it can be hard for her to always tend to my needs like she used to. Even though she might not always be in the best mood, I know that she tries her hardest and will give up anything to make me happy or cater to me. Besides the everyday tasks my mom does to constantly help me, this one particular day really made me realize she was a selfishly good human. My best friend and I were at a beach alone together, in the ocean, and all the sudden, I felt a sharp bite dig into the top of my foot; it was a stingray. We had to leave everything at the beach, so the lifeguard could get me to headquarters as soon as possible. As my scarred foot sat in a tub of scorching hot water, my mother came rushing into the building in a panicked fashion. “Oh my gosh how did this happen? Are you okay?” my mom asks, seeing I’m in severe pain. For two hours of sitting in the lifeguard headquarters to treat the wound, my mom sat right by my side, making sure I was