THINK ABOUT IT -- REVISITED

On March 31,2009 I posted the following quote from Albert Einstein and said in a future blog I would offer my opinion as to what he mean’t.

THE TRUE VALUE OF A HUMAN BEING IS DETERMINED PRIMARILY BY THE MEASURE AND SENSE ON WHICH HE HAS ATTAINed LIBERATION FROM THE SELF.


I believe that he is referring to women as well as men. But the world had not reached the s/he level of communications. In that sense females had not been liberated yet, when Al spoke of self- liberation.

I believe he was referring to the ongoing narcissism that lives on within each of our selves. It is a carryover from our youth and the times early on when only we existed in our minds as important. The infant doesn’t give. S/he only takes. The selfish, self-serving part of people varies across a wide range. Some of us are very giving, while others are very selfish. I believe Einstein is addressing those in the latter group and saying that a person’s worth is proportional to their willingness to sacrifice their own needs for the good of others.

This takes us back to kindergarten where we began to learn how to play fair, share our toys and live according to the rules. Narcissists never learned those lessons well and remain fixated on ME, ME, ME. Just ask anyone married to one.

To follow Einstein’s encouragement, now is a good time to take a look at yourself and evaluate where you stand in your self-indulgent ways. Most readers of this blog are probably the opposite of narcissists, but in either case it is a worthy goal to balance that which you do for yourself and that which you do for others.

Oddly enough, self-liberation in this sense leads to self-fulfillment and pride bank deposits-a topic we turn to next.


Bye For Now,

Bill

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