Selfishness

“We all of us need to be toppled off the throne of self, my dear," he said. "Perched up there the tears of others are never upon our own cheek.”

                                                           Elizabeth Goudge, The White Witch

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ah my friends

it is all about “I”

so find your throne and perch on it!

the grab what you want

after all you are the king

you are the queen

and it is all about you

you having power

you having wealth

you having safety

it matters not if what you want has a cost

a planet for a little more profit in the American economy

no problem

cutting health care so that one might have

a few more dollars in one’s account

acceptable

destroying education

neglecting children

abandoning the poor

is merely collateral damage

as one pursues essential selfishness.

sitting, perched on thrones of essential selfishness

there are no tears

there is no remorse

and the tears of the failing earth

the hungry child

the homeless person with bipolar

are never even seen