#selfishnes

[helenawiegers]

You have to be selfish when it comes to love and feelings

H.W.H

[its-antiworld-4ever]

Patch my friend Yanita bought from Puntalarock. Sums it up pretty good.

[ekambi]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQVrMzWtqgU)

[ashyochan]

self generation

I think it’s crazy what kind of generation we live in. I don’t mean to rant, but I will. This generation--my generation--is a load of shit.  We live in the generation where it’s okay to to succeed at the cost of others’ failures.  We live in a generation where it is a fucking masterpiece to do something nice for the needy.  We think that it’s just enough to click a ‘Share’ or Reblog’ button on a video of SOMEONE ELSE doing something nice to make us look like we care about this world. But we don’t.

We care about what the world is going to do for us.  We care about what we have to do to make it in this world.  We don’t care what has to be destroyed. “it’s all temporary.” Right?  If it’s all temporary, then shouldn’t it be appreciated? At this rate, the future generations aren’t even going to know what trees look like because we killed all of them for money. (Now, that was an exaggeration, but hopefully you get my point.)

We live in the generation where we look up to artists who consider themselves God. we listen to advertisements and commercials that tell us “You deserve this.” and “This is what you need to succeed.” Now, there is NOTHING wrong with wanting to succeed.  In fact, I wish I wanted it a little more sometimes. But I can’t help but watch this world fall apart as we rip it to shreds trying to find something that can give us a hand and benefit us until we’ve taken all we can and there’s nothing left but  scraps of metal.  We use others who probably are using us back and then get upset when we realize they were doing the same to us.  I have to ask this:

Has it always been this way?

Have we always taken from the poor and killed the weak? Have we always done what we could to benefit not others, but ourselves? Have we ever known what it was like to give without expecting or or reminding? 

i could be wrong about all of this. I could be only pointing out the negative things, completely blind to everything good that could be going on.  But to be honest, I don’t think I want to get passed this. Because I know that no matter how many times I rant, there will be good people who care. There will be good people that don’t care. And there will be bad people who care, while other bad people don’t care. 

We are the self generation that will take animals from this earth, dreams and hopes from future generations, and we will take it all for ourselves. And at this rate, the Self Generation will carry on.

[worldwithjan]

Lately there have been a number of reports and studies clearly showing that most corporations are failing to take any considerable steps toward a Sustainable future. (Link to previous article)

This is truly disheartening and extremely worrying.

“What gets measured gets done”… or Not…

This quote, often attributed to Peter Drucker, is used frequently when talking about performance improvement, but is it right? Should it instead be “Some things that get measured get done?”

There is in reality very little to prove that “What gets measured gets done”.

The latest report from CDP even showed that the 50 largest emitters reporting according to the Carbon Disclosure Project actually increased their emissions since 2009 – and these are among the few actually measuring, what about all other corporations, the estimated 70,000 multinationals and millions of smaller enterprises…

Sometimes it almost seems as if companies measuring their emissions use whatever reductions they can accomplish to “offset” their simultaneous strive to increase production and thereby keeping the “Status Quo” – at the same time boasting about their reduction “per produced unit”…

[1-way-ticket]

Blessing to Bless

I've gotten to hang out in Hawaii for 10 months and not need to work. What an unbelievable gift to me. This gave me time to reevaluate who I am, who I wanted to be, and who I could be. Glory to God, I really feel different. I am empowered through Him. Since we've been here, I have felt a little useless. I prayed last night to have God give me some way to serve Him. Because He loves me so much and I love Him back, and when you love someone, you want to bring them joy. Talking to my friend Kris, I start thinking about God's love languages. He must have them all, right? He did make them all.

Acts of Service - Serving others

Gifts - Sacrifice

Words of Affirmation - Worship/Praise

Quality Time - Prayer and Time in His word, getting to know Him better

Physical Touch -?

The last one stumped me a little. Kris said, "Being Jesus with skin on to other people. Loving the hurt and broken." Ah yes, of course - being His hands and feet in this world! So I ask God for a way to bless another. This morning a friend asks for my help with something most people wouldn't care to do. I go right over. It was great for her, great for me. Thank you for using me God! It really makes me think about my future ministry desires. I have a heart for helping those in need and honestly, it is the church's job to help out their family. I really just wanted to gather up 5 friends and set up a day to go help. All of us together could complete this task in a matter of hours in what my friend has been doing on her own for weeks now. Not only that, what a way to show the love of God! What a way to bond everyone helping together even! There are few better ways to tie people together than when they work on something that is greater than they are. One day I will have this ministry.

I've met resistance from the enemy since we've been back here. I feel under attack. When I left my friend's, I got a panic attack. Haven't had one in months. He's trying to derail me I think but I'm stronger now so I command him to flee. Still, I've felt off for about a week now. I'm not thinking that the world will really end in 2 days but I worry that people will do stupid things, that violence will continue, that things will get set in motion politically that will really hurt our country. This may just really be a bad time for me to be reading the Hunger Games series and waking up to Red Dawn playing. I'm hyper-sensative and my spiritual radar is amped up. I really feel uncomfortable! I'm just trying to stay plugged in to my security in God. I'm under a lot of stress and my nerves are stretched.

The move has been a heavy culture shock. Odd, since 11 months ago this city was all I ever knew. I guess the island life softened me. My heart is more open now that I understand God's love for me. I was in a bad bad place before but it made me hard and I guess blind to the cruelty of this place.

I about cried on the road the other day. The life that I have lived this past year has taught me how much I really don’t like Vegas. The people are so out for their own wants, for money, for pleasure. That is all they care about, not other people. I was waiting at a red light to turn right. It was not yield, it was a clear no turn on red light. But the 2 cars behind me didn't care. They honked their horns and cut around me to run the light. Why? What is the point of that? Now, I grew up here - I know how to drive in a city but this is just a small example of how people here are self-centered. I don’t want to live in a place where people care more about themselves than others. We are called to love each other - to be patient, forgiving, kind, and offering ourselves to serve one another. Then I was reminded, that I too am called to be patient, forgiving, kind, and loving. 

This is hard but I know I have to step up to who I claim to be. I have to love those who I do not want to. I have to let the irritation slide off my back and forget about it. I have to be like Jesus. I love getting to serve God and I love getting to be there for people who are in need and who are hurting. I am eagar to know how I will be used. I really hope we can find a peaceful place on the mainland becuase right now Maui wins over Las Vegas. Any way it does go, I just hope I make the most of any and all time I have left here.

[himynameistash]

Sometimes, you just need to be selfish. Sometimes you just have to say, "no, I need to do this for myself."

As long as it doesn't hurt anyone else obviously.