Greed

Greed is the root of most evil. This post is that sentence, but in typical fashion I'm going to elaborate on this more than necessary. Read if you're bored, I suppose.

Greed is clocklike. People are the gears, and money the fuel that allows it to continue moving. I don't think that money is the basis of greed, though. I think it's selfishness. Selfishness drives corruption. Makes it obvious. Pushes it to a higher level than possible on it's own. Selfishness is a vehicle, a source of mobility for corruption to spread throughout.

Compassion is easily trumped by selfishness. Frankly, it's much easier to be selfish. It's easier to only care about yourself, easier to not give. It doesn't hurt us much, either. And it is often very difficult to feel someone's pain. It's almost a gift, born into those who can handle it and wretched from the hands of those who won't be able to weather the storm that is compassion.

It's hard for me sometimes. My greatest ability is shrugging bad situations off. I can grit my teeth and just get through it. So it's hard for me to be compassionate to other people when I haven't experienced what they haven't.

This got way off topic. My bad. It's just something that I've been thinking about lately.