Is anyone really selfless? Well let’s look at charity, one of the most selfless things, or is it? Take for example a man, let’s call him Jim, volunteering at a food kitchen. Jim is receiving no pay and he does not need any volunteer hours. Most people will say he is being completely selfless, but he’s not. By helping other people he feels better about himself plus others will think of him as a good person. This is a reward, negating the idea of only helping others. Is this a bad thing? No. Although it is not completely selfless it is still helping others and helping the helper, so to speak. An example of why this is good comes from an old Jewish idea of heaven and hell being the same thing (This is not in the Torah but is still a Jewish concept). An angel brings a man to the after life to show him what is to come. The man sees two rooms and walks into one. In the room there is one long table with people sitting on both sides, the most amazing looking food is abundant along the table but, all of the people have only comical long silverware and are therefore unable to feed themselves. “This must be hell!” the man says, “No” says the angel. The angel shows him the second room, everything is the same except instead of everyone starving, the people feed each other with their silverware. This idea works for our world, by helping others we can also help ourselves.