journal 70 jan 13th 09

The most important issue in the heart of mankind is the self.  We are at the core "self-ish" beings whole-heartedly devoted to self-preservation, self-fulfillment, and the protection of our self-esteem and self- worth.  Even the current obsession with volunteerism is based on boosting out self-worth as we help those we deem less fortunate than ourselves.

What I think the author means is that there is no person in this world that is totally selfless.  Each person usually puts their own worth and well being over that of another persons.  

This quote makes me just realize that we are very unique beings in that most other beings look out for one another.  We usually take care of "number one."  In all the industries that I have worked in, I have gotten to see this.  People in the food industry are usually younger people that don't want to work.  They just show up and do as little as possible to get a paycheck.  In the banking industry, I have seen an improvement on this but not much.  People are lazy and selfish.  They don't want to work for anything.  Until more people realize that to get anywhere you have to put some effort and not just be selfish and let work be done for you, were spirialling downward.