Man is selfish, period. Selfishness is not a virtue that is extolled. Everyone is selfish to a certain extent, and it’s challenging to find people who are selfless.
But then, is it so wrong to be selfish? Often the word is used in a wrong context. But being selfish isn’t that bad, it’s impossible to survive in this world without being selfish. There is a no of reasons why it’s good to be selfish.
Self-Love
Selfishness or in other words self-love is essential to existence. Self-love, meaning you are in a constant state of depression, depression is, of course, something not favorable, a condition we would wish upon ourselves. There is a saying “you can’t make anyone happy if you are unhappy,” so please be selfish and be happy.
Hunger
If we were not selfish we would probably die of starvation, it’s the craving for food, which makes us live on and sustains ourselves. Food not only in its primary sense, but we all also crave for different kinds of delicacies. Food that satisfies our taste buds, hot chocolate fudge is not essential for survival; however, it’s something that titillates our senses and helps make this life living a little more.
Clothes
Clothes, is a basic need, but for most of us clothes translate into an expression of our personality, we buy clothes not only to cover ourselves but also to adorn ourselves. If we were not sufficiently selfish, we would probably never go shopping and buy clothes for ourselves. Agreed, shopping is not a virtue, but anything in moderation is good, right. Little retail therapy never hurt anyone.
A house
A primary facility to stay in, to protect us from bad weather and a zillion other things. If we were not selfish enough, we would probably be sitting under a tree counting stars and not work towards earning and building a house for ourselves.
