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(sorry that was a bit too much alliteration)
Reasons WDWWD (if you can't figure out what that means..i'm sorry.)
1)FOR OURSELVES
This isn't as obvious as it seems. Sometimes, we do things for ourselves that we are meaning to do for other people. For example, volunteering at a homeless shelter. It isn't uncommon that people want gratification for their actions, even though the point/purpose in said person being at the homeless shelter was to serve, well, the people in need. However, too often we put our need for appreciation, our need for attention, before the world's need for humble people to help out their fellow brothers & sisters. The color of our skin, the amount of money we make a year, the car we drive, the friends we have, the hobby's we have, the border in which we live does not take away from the fact that we are all human. We are all bonded together (at least this is my opinion) as God's glorious and purposeful creation. Siblings love each other, they bicker at times, but when one needs something the other is (or should be) available to help. And they shouldn't need a pat on the back for doing it. But sadly, the majority of us do.
2)FOR OTHER PEOPLE
We do things for other people on a daily basis. (or so it would seem) On some genuine cases, we are actually doing it for others. It's your moms birthday and you buy her a nice candle. Your 9th grade neighbor needs a ride to school so you take him/her. Your co worker calls you with a hangover and asks you to cover their shift. You help an old lady across the street. You work to put dinner on the table for your family. You do your friends hair for prom. OK ANNA WE GET IT! The point is, there are also reasons in which we think we are doing things for other people, but REALLY we are simply in denial. However, one could argue that, as in the example earlier, working in a homeless shelter and supplying food and a roof for those people is good enough. Who cares why you're there? Don't the ends justify the means? Well my friend, it depends. A person who seeks out gratification wherever they go, and publicize their own good deeds, is only glorifying themselves. This contributes to the accumulation of ones own ego. And I can say that I 100% agree with C.S. Lewis when he wrote in his book Mere Christianity that pride is the worst sin a man can commit. Pride comes from many different sources, but one being the need for recognition of a good deed. Were human, we all do it, but my advise is just be weary and cautious.
WOW well I was just interrupted with a coughing fit and I am unable to continue. I just coughed for a straight 15 minutes, darn this winter cold. I coughed up a bit of dinner. TMI?
Goodbye friends.
