Why We Can't Live Without Generosity and Greed

[Anonymous]

Generosity, to give

Greed, to take

"If there was only a world of generous people they would never accept something from the other as they are also being generous"

"If we were in a world of just greed, no-one would offer anything to the other, therefor becoming counter productive"

A good example in my opinion is with cars and traffic

1) A generous person would stop and let someone walk across or stop and let another car drive out.

2) A greedy person wouldn't stop and would continue forward.

3) If two generous people meet at a T-junction then they are likely to continue waiting for each other and may start getting annoyed as they want the other to accept their generosity but so does the other one.

4) If two greedy people meet at a T-junction they are likely to fight it out by driving closer and closer to get in front of the other and likely cause an accident.

So like, think about it right?

We complain about people being greedy right?

But to a degree isn't that us being greedy too?

Because we are trying to get others to behave the way we see fit and that is technically a form of greed :/

Now, I know that people, some people, can be VERY generous and they give more than others sometimes to the point that you think they are overdoing it but that's just them being them, same goes for greedy people, that's just them being them.

Everyone has different levels of self indulgence and depending on your level of greed, your overall life will vary.

But like I said at the beginning, if you were to eliminate ALL generosity then no-one would get anything and we would all just be I dunno, screwed I guess? :D

But the same goes for if you eliminated ALL greed! If it were all gone, no-one would ever make progress because everyone rejects help from the other and offers their own help but that is rejected and so on!

So technically, both of these are things we hate but need?

[lavagrrl282]

What u say is true. But there are times when you are about 8 feet from the cross walk and you carrying an extremely heavy load of stuff home and there is a person being generous as you say and wait for you, you begin to feel obligated to walk faster because they are waiting but every step is torture and waddling by would be better for you but you grit your teeth and walk faster just so you can get to the other side without feeling like a jerk! Lol I usually just say go but there are those who will insist on waiting for you.. :)

[Secretgardenblood]

Good take

[LegateLanius]

Generosity is something to aspire to while greed is something to be pushed away. Although, it is healthy to have both, just know when to do one or the other.

[myTake Owner]

Precisely :)

[ATuairiscean]

This is so true - Well done

[Canadaman99]

I think you are confusing patience with greed and generosity

[jacquesvol]

Greed is the motor of Capitalist economy.
Generosity sometimes soften the blow for those who are hit by it.

[Muhammad1999]

That was a nice take, I'm usually generous every morning at 8:37

[PresidentDonald]

Yes I love greed. You stay generous so I can be greedy! Win! Win!

[Massageman]

Interesting. Prov 13:11; 28:22

[ChocolateCheesecake]

Interesting take