Sunday, January 24, 2010

Everybody is selfish....

I love watching Friends.You can't imagine how mad i can be for this series.But the topic of this post itself shows that it isn't good to start such a serious post with a line like that.Yeah this post has nothing to do with any thing humorous.So why Friends here..
Okay now unwrapping this mystery.Once while watching Friends series i found a very special line out of that.NOTHING IS SElFLESS.If you remember the episode having a small discusion between Joe & Pheobe over Selfless act in that episode, it was proved that there isn't any act in this world, a selfless one.
As its a kind of not so serious serial so it went unnoticed from most of the eyes.But if you think over it, it may start a long debate again, over itself.
Okay you may take your time & tell me any act where you did it for others only, not for you.
I remember when i was spending the last year of my college life,there used to be a THE WALL MAG(azine) in our floor, where all the creeps of my floor were writing the crap things about others.It was one of the nicest things happening in our floor.We had measured our heights & marked it over the wall with respective names.The very second day it turned up in adding adjectives to the names.I don't know exactly who had put for me there,but it was 'SELFISH' word added to my name.(selfish Sam)
Till then i haven't seen this episode, so was somewhat upset over it bcoz for the first time i had got an adjective totally different from others like spicy,sam,murga,dabo,majnu,sand-wich & all that.
But when i found nothing to be selfless thing i felt gr8.
This was not that just after that episode i was convinced with the thought, it took two exhausting day to come to this conclusion.As i have already mentioned its a matter to have big debate over, so i was split into two parts.One side was me who had recently beccome a big freak fan of JOE triviani to have a blind faith in what he says, while on the opposite side was Other-me, who was boast of doing a lot of stuffs for friends & others.Now as usual the other-me started being on heavier side of balance as it had past moments of a happening 24 year period( really a long one).It started thinking what are the things it had done in its past for others. Started with a bigger one

Other-me told what do you say about organising events for the college,as i have spoiled many nights of mine, missed a number of lunchs & breakfasts.i almost had most horrible experience of life for the college.
without delaying me retorted Nope..i disagree... it wasn't for others, it was for you, you did it just to prove how efficient you were.you were mad about label of a good organizer.
Other-me was almost indifferent by this defeat bcoz it was just the first ball & he had a complete over to bowled me.he again put a bouncer what about helping friends during campus recruitment time,as it was totally for them, i had got job in software company & if i read whole steel making process again it was for my friends only.there can't be anything selfish in this.It sounded like game was over & like always it was on other-me's side. It started to feel like floating in air after a victory.
But this happiness was evanescent, me played this ball very well for a boundary.he said you were doing this just to have a good feeling of helping others.you were doing this because you knew its good & by doing you just wanted to be good in your own eyes, for your satisfaction only.May be your act helped your friend but this never means that it was selfless because you were also benefited.You very well knew that doing good for others is a gr8 thing & you grabbed this opportunity for your sake.
This time Other-me was slightly perplexed as with this logic it was difficult to come up with new kind of balls.For some time there was a complete silence. but once again other-me came up with another example, this time not done by himself but done by his parents.How can you say what my parents did for me throughout my life was a selfish stuff.They would have availed a gr8 luxurious life if they wouldn't have spent so much money for educating me.they had a number of sleepless nights just bcoz of me.I knew this ball is weaker & it won't be difficult for me to play it & i was right.
Me answered its duty of all parents to facilitate their children as this is nothing but a redemption.they have also been taken care of by their parents so its just a cycle.If they don't do it they will be in debt throughout their life.so its not a selfless act at all.
This time other-me was almost numb & me was the one playing at the field.He swapped out everything & clarified all doubts.there is nothing which you aren't doing for yourself, in all kind of so called selfless thing there is an selfish intention hidden of trying to be selfless, which again is a selfish thing.
other me tried to come up with new logics but in vain.Really if i did sponsor the official website of my branch,it wasn't selfless. it was just because i wanted to do it,it had nothing to do with others,it was just for me, coz i like to do these kinds of thing.(once again i mentioned it & it wasn't selfless,it was intentional to let you know about this..hehe)