[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":9},["ShallowReactive",2],{"post-defence-of-selfishness-yes":3},{"documentId":4,"title":5,"slug":6,"text":7,"publishedAt":8,"createdAt":8,"updatedAt":8},"0078c858-76af-4662-91fe-93a04e3470f2"," Defence of Selfishness! Yes! ","defence-of-selfishness-yes","\u003Cp>In Defence of Selfishness! Yes! \u003Cbr>Proverbs 9\u003Cbr>KJV\u003Cbr>8+ Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Growing up there was a picture with three monkeys which was very commonly displayed in most homes. We never had one on the wall in our living room.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>I didn’t admire it as I didn’t know what it meant. One monkey has its eyes covered, another its ears, and the last its mouth.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>It was in my young adult stage that what these monkeys depicted in the picture was explained to me.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>See no evil, speak no evil and hear no evil. That's what I was told their dispositions meant; I don’t know if they have other meanings!\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Now, having lived a full life, I see these images and what they stand for differently. I have worked, walked and lived among many people; my observations informed my way of interpreting the images.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>I would like to think rather that it means “see but you haven’t seen, hear but you haven’t heard, and say nothing even if there is something to be said.”\u003C/p>\u003Cp>You may ask how I choose to interpret the images in these terms?  Well, read it.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>I got my interpretation from society, friends, and associates; I observed and learned that you’ll live long if you adopt my interpretation or meaning of the images portrayed in the picture. \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>This is it,\u003C/p>\u003Cp>It is not everything you see , that you must take seriously or note down! Most don’t matter to you! They don’t add to or subtract anything from your life.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Those it may concern and affect will not listen to you should you attempt to tell or warn them, so why concern yourself?  They'll see and regard you as a nuisance and will not walk any longer with you. Even if they do, it's fake and pretentious   Yes!\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Secondly, it is not everything you hear that you should think or worry your head about! It does not add or take anything away from your life\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Again, those whom it may concern or affect will not listen to you should you tell or warn them.  So? Why bother, why incur their wrath?\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Finally, it is not everything you’ll like to say ( or that must be said)  that you should say; keep your wisdom and knowledge to yourself! Though you'll look selfish, there is a reason. You also desire a joyous, pleasant life!\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Honestly, if you go this way you’ll make or have fewer enemies and thus live a happy life. Yes, this is my defence of selfishness!\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>To close my defence, and before you condemn me, I’d like to state that there are exceptions to every rule. These exceptions apply to what you’ve read. \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>There are two categories of humans on this planet called Earth.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Category One, these are the ones you should live the selfish life with; read their character;\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Proverbs 9\u003Cbr>KJV\u003Cbr>8+ Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee:\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>Category two; these are exempt from the selfish life you'll live   Read their character\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Proverbs 9\u003Cbr>KJV\u003Cbr>8+ \u003Cbr>Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>Psalms 141\u003Cbr>KJV\u003Cbr>5+ Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>Beloved, as always, in the midst of fools, be selfish; in the midst of the wise be generous with knowledge and wisdom.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>My thoughts, think before you pronounce your verdict.\u003C/p>","2026-10-23T17:47:10.106Z",1792788657039]