Selfishness Over Friendship?

By nature humans are selfish. Logically we are always looking out for ourselves. I mean, who wouldn't. But there are terms that goes against this... Sharing, sacrifice, self-control, etc.

Terms that go against selfishness... All of them would not exist without love. Think for a moment. Would you share if there is no love? Would you sacrifice something, someone, or yourself if there was no love? Get it? Everything revolves around love. Everything good i mean.

So, the question today is, can selfishness take over friendship?

At some points in life, selfishness does take over friendship. It is a compromise we have to live with. There are many factors to why we become selfish between friends. Like I said earlier...looking out for ourselves. Can be the character of a person.Sometimes it acts as a defense mechanism... It is just a theory. There are more than one answer to this.

Remember I said " some point in life ". It is not all the time. You have a close friend, you love him/her so much. The bond of the friendship is so strong you are willing to sacrifice, your time for the person, give a part of your life for the person to have. Share with that person because the love between friends is that strong.

As a conclusion, it is not encouraged to be selfish. It is a compromise we have to live with as humans. But in the end, though selfishness sometimes wins the battle, friendship will always win the war, love will always win the war.




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