The world never stopped for a fraction of second. When someone sleeps the other one wakes up. The world is moving with a pace which had never lowered itself down. Some philosophers claim that this creation, the world, is like a machine and we are just a small part of the system. They claim us to be the part of the machine. But every machine has a central element, the heart of the machine, the pivot; for which every part of the machine works. That central element is precious. There is no need for the other parts to work without that pivot element.
Now the question arises, what is the pivot around which the whole mass of the people working? Is everyone working for the progress of the world? Look around you and your answer will be sure NO. Some says that it’s curiosity of the man which is driving this world. Some says it’s doubt and the reasoning power of the man. They have their views about it. I won’t nod. According to me they are around the bullseye but not hitting it.
Man is selfish by nature. He can’t sacrifice himself over anything. Whatever human do intuitively or rationally he works for his selfish sake, for his own happiness. Yes this is the pivot the world is revolving around.
Now you will say “but I didn’t do all I have done for my happiness only …. but I did it for my parents … I did it for my children … I did it for my society … I did it for my nation … or I did it for the world … or the worst one, I did it because god wanted me to do it.”
I can quote all the above you have said more appropriately. “yes I did all I have done for my own happiness … because if I haven’t done that, then my parents would have been unhappy and I can’t see them unhappy because it makes me unhappy too … I did it for my children because if I hadn’t done that I would have made my children sad and I can’t see them sad as it makes me unhappy too… I am doing it because I believe in god and the world beyond this earth which people call heaven and hell so I am making my reservation confirmed in heaven because u know hell is HELL …. ”.
Now you have started thinking that all of the above sentences I quoted involves the word MY. “and what about that 100 Rs bill that I gave to a lame beggar I saw at railways station … I did it to make him happy .. ” … ooouuu u got me ?? right ?? Ok .. in this case I doubt whether you are a kind person or not but I surely can’t call you a miser. You got some relief by buying happiness for someone on the cost of 100 Rs., isn’t that cheap, I have heard about people who spends thousands of rupees to enjoy vacations for that happiness.
It’s really a human privilege to feel the happiness out of all the things he do and it’s really not shameful if you call yourself selfish. Your happiness must be your prime motive and it will be great if your loved ones can find your deed as a source of happiness for themselves.
What the world would have been if Sir Albert Einstine couldn’t find any joy in doing his researches? What the world would have been if there were no one who could find the happiness in fighting for the freedom of his own nation. Every human is like a star, looks very similar from a distance but have differences at their basic level. The sense of one’s happiness defines personality. It is the thing which suggests the adjective for a person which is placed just before the name of a man to give it a meaning.
