1/25/12

In society we tend to like to think of the winners, the people that do great things and are somewhat role models to what we want or even what we want to be. But when there are winners, there are losers. It was pointed out that in our society that we recognize that there are losers, but our job is to not let them die. When speaking about this I started to think, is there any way for the losers to move up if all we are trying to do is keep them alive, not really help them? I feel like our actions speak louder than words. We as humans want to be the best, instead of helping bettering others around us, we fight on another for power. Confucius believed in a life where we are never selfish and are always thinking of others, but than the true of how Confucius did not fully grab the concept of morality until he was 70. Are we expected to accept this idea of living to become better people or can we work every day to help others because that's what the better thing to do? But what makes us feel that way? Is it a God that keeps us in check and keeps the "right" thoughts in our minds and soul like following the "Golden Rule"? What about those who choose to not believe in a God? Do they wonder aimlessly through their lives on just instinct and then become the people that we should want to help? What guides those to do what they do if their only driving force is themselves?