Selflessness

In response to Lyndsey's Blog, not only is selflessness difficult, it is impossible. Not only you would be dull, you would not exist. Everything is self interested. Every act we do, everything we say has a self motivation. Whether or not we mean to we never do anything without getting something in return. We may not mean to get anything in return, we may not even plan to get anything but it happens. By volunteering as a tutor at your local middle school you get to increase your experience with children, meet new people and network not to mention the delight one gets from working with children (this example is assuming that you would not work as a tutor unless you liked kids). I agree with Lyndsey's conclusion that self interested is a goal that one should strive to reach because selfless people who are the essence of selflessness cannot survive.