Where does selfishness get you? Well it might get you lots of "things" but it will also get you a lot of indignation from other people and not many will want to stick around and put up with you. On the other hand if you can learn to do a bit of sharing and lend a helping hand, things will be much better. Co-operation is a happy thing that spreads happiness. At one of the weekly clubs I attend there is one person who never helps with the washing up; their reward is that no one likes them much. With just a little bit of joining in things would be so much better. May be those of us who join in are the really selfish ones; we know how to make the system work for us.
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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