History has been made!

On November 4th 11:18pm EST, John McCain gave a gracious concession speech recognizing Barack Obama as the first African-American President of the United States, thus shattering the ceiling of white privilege that has for so long held down those who were not white males. On November 5th 12:00am EST He accepted his nomination. Well done, Barack… Well, done.. 

I made my decision based on a prayer and a manfestation of faith, for me, that was compairable to a cloud or pillar of fire or a sheep skin with or without dew. The Lord’s will is a powerful thing.

 

What are self interests?

The words define themselves. Most will look at these words and deem them selfish, unsympathetic, and even inhumane. Is that because we lack trust of human nature to react or take action in accordance with their own interest that may benefit others? First “coined” by Adam Smith, “the father of economics,” these words describe a basic fundamental principle behind capitalism. I believe that self interests can take on more than just the selfish satisfaction of raw human urges and instead become the edification of one’s existence as it relates to others and nature. We know that the feeling attained by helping others stimulates our personal growth, but it is so hard to quantify that it rarely becomes a need that must be fulfilled within ourselves. Perhaps an educating or quantifying of this necessity is in order for the masses. I have started to see more substance to self interests in the past several years. Environmental awareness, social awareness by Bill Gates at the World Economic Forum, and even shows like Extreme Home Makeover and American Idol’s Give Back have made an impact on the self interests of many that effect their fellow mankind. One might say that these reactions are not self interests but purely propagated motivation and not necessarily selfless acts. I’ll leave you to speculate on Bill’s quote from Adam Smith’s “The Theory of Moral Sentiments”,

“How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortunes of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it.” and then continue… “Of this kind is pity or compassion, the emotion we feel for the misery of others, when we either see it, or are made to conceive it in a very lively manner. That we often derive sorrow from the sorrows of others, is a matter of fact too obvious to require any instances to prove it; for this sentiment, like all the other original passions of human nature, is by no means confined to the virtuous or the humane, though they perhaps may feel it with the most exquisite sensibility. The greatest ruffian, the most hardened violator of the laws of society, is not altogether without it.”

“help someone… today!”

 

Hello world!

Wow! It took me way to long to do that graphic!! Now I am to tired to post anything of significance… So world you will have to tune in next week… “Same Bat Time. Same Bat Channel.”

davy

“help someone…today!”