No man is an island
We deny being weaver birds and social insects
It is so interesting to watch the way of life that some of these creatures go throug. We as people are meant to learn a lot from them but we ignore because we believe we are far more knowledgable than them.
Together they move, together they hunt, build and fight the enemy.
In my country uganda and many more countries, a lot of people believe in self importance as the contoller of life. Selfishness is being taught from a very young age and this blinds our minds. I very much appreciate the past generations where people used to work together in the community, forexample incases where the people wanted to have meat, then all the men would converge and go for hunting inorder to share the fruits of the hunt for everyone to enjoy. Of late that is no more, people want to have the whole meat to them selves.
What did i mean by together they attck the enemy?
How many of you have disturbed bees before?, fearlessly they attack you back for disrupting their peace. Once a bee stings you, it dies shortly after but that doesnt stop it from fighting for its empire. Many of the people nowadays do not want to engage in communal fights for justice, againts corruption,and many more inappropriate vices. Once someone beneftsfrom the corruption then he/she doesnt see it as wrong. This is why someone can see a thief stealing a neighbours property but remain unconcerned because their property is safe.
mowzey radio once sang a song titled lwaki tokula saying
"tuli ba ludo lummu
Fembi tuli muntu omu
Kungulu yobba kili mululu
Tuli ba musayi gumu
Nebigere byenkana nkana
Engatto gyovamu gyenzilamu
Oyambadde ekikooti kyaba kombozi
Ontegedde kulwaazii
Tuli mukwe vumya mama ne tata abe eka
Abalindilidde amazzi." interpreted as
"We are all from the same origin
Together we are one
on the ouside, so dont be greedy
We have the same blood
And our feet are equal in size
I take up the shoes thst fit you no more."
This kind of music teaches us not to be hard on our brothers, friends and sisters.
what are the results
The leading result of selfishness is theft. Once people do not have what to ewt and ypu want to keep all the food in your garden, all the land to your self in that people have no where to even cultivate crops from, then they are going to plan survival means that usually include stealing your things.
Mowzey Radio sang again in a song titled let's connect saying,
"Everybody needs ome another
Be a sister, me your brother
Mpa ku mukono, show me a ladder
Brother be kind, change the weather
Omanyi what i need, and you have it
Okugabana is just so sweet, let me have it
I only need a piece not all of it
Oyagala oninze untill i grad it hmmm hmmm
If you dont serve me, i go hungry
If you dont feed me, i go starving
If you dont cover me, i be cold".
I know sometimes i get too obsesed with his music but to me he was, he is and he will be a legend. We should learn that being selfish sometimes damages us.
I am just wondering if the first steemian did not do much of sharing with is friends, we wouldnt be here, me and you wouldnt have met, the network would not have grown.
I take this oppertunity to thank @jaraumoses and @sembozezade who introduced me to steemit, for their selfless acts and i believe they will see much more blessings come their ways for the lives they have touched through spreading steemit.
The other effect of selfishness is you sometimes stand alone when yoh need help from others. If people find out that you do not like sharing your food with anyone, then once it chocks you they may not be interested in helping you.
This teaches us that in life no man is an island and we need each other. Keep up the love fellow steemians, shoutouts to all trams especially my team mates in team uganda.