This is the most challenging for all new families, the guilt,
the feeling of selfishness or shame for needing to take time and to recharge.
Not exact matches
Before I came to the Lord, I was full
of sin and would have acted badly more then once, I would have
felt just - i - fied in my
selfishness, and would have not
felt any remorse at all.
As a result, I sank into depression caused by
feeling the devastation I had caused in the wake
of my
selfishness.
As we have said, many individual AA's do recognize the symptomatic nature
of selfishness and negative
feelings.
The person, whether Christian or not, who
feels let down if his expectation
of a life after death is shown to have no substance, stands under the rebuke
of J.B.S. Haldane when he says, «The belief in my own eternity seems to me indeed to be a piece
of unwarranted self - glorification, and the desire for it a gross concession to
selfishness.
AA, religion, christ himself, science satanisim, math, medicine or whatever it is you choose to turn to try to get out
of pain, remorse, guilt, anger,
selfishness, legal problems, drug / alcohol abuse, financial ruin or any other negative result producing situation that you have brought upon yourself if it changes you for the betterand helps others
feel better about you or themselves who cares what, who, or how someones higher power works!!!
In response to the issue
of selfishness that the FA brought up, I happen to
feel that the needs and
feelings of the breastfeeding baby surely outweigh the «discomfort»
of any adult on a flight.
I clearly lacked skills in how to deal with a wound that I
felt was undeserved and reflective
of someone else's
selfishness.
With this thought in mind, the sometimes overwhelming
feelings of guilt when saying «no» to something or someone, the
selfishness we critically experience when we seemingly put our own needs and wants first before those around us and the insufficiency we are compelled to endure when we are torn between the two, are triumphantly replaced with logic, reason and scientific evidence: I have to give to myself in order to continue to give to others.
In setting up this course, I
felt that service to others was a way to help combat the trend
of selfishness and self - centeredness that abounds today.»
However, this isn't from lack
of imagination as much as sheer
selfishness: I wanted answers to questions that had obsessed me and that I
felt inquisitive about (e.g..
I
feel extreme sympathy for the animals who suffer because
of human ignorance and
selfishness.
The
selfishness of humanity, the loneliness
of your surroundings, and the sadness you
felt at felling these often majestic ancient creatures are
feelings I will never forget.
They could be
feeling the weight
of selfishness that marriage alone could not show them.