Selfishness is what destroys us in The Kid Used To Dream

I am a firm believer that if selfishness were a crime punishable by death the world would achieve world peace in 3 years.

I was at a mall with my family yesterday the inconsiderate nature of people is overwhelming to me. I will say that my youngest son noticed it and complained about it more than I expected him to. He said - I’m not going to move out of anyone’s way just because they act like I’m not even here. People will literally walk right into you while looking right at you like they own the space you occupy. It’s usually the ones walking against the flow of everyone else.

When we were at lunch I was gathering some plasticware. I’m standing in front of the condiments with the plastic to my right and napkins to my left. This woman doesn’t even say excuse me - just steps between me and the napkins that I’m literally reaching for and gathers what she needs and walks away. At the end of the meal, I walk up to the trash bin holding 2 trays of our paper waste and this guy steps between me and the trash to gather napkins. He gets one at a time for like 20 napkins then looks at me like I’m in the wrong place.

I want to love people, I really do but the moment I detect selfishness I’m done.

So, I tried to be selfish a little. I don’t see how these people do it. If I try to play the roll of inconsiderate everything inside of me feels like the worst panic attack I’ve ever had. Maybe it’s genetically wired. Maybe some of us are considerate while others are not? Maybe it’s a breakdown of the educational system? I’m not sure - maybe I should have grown up in a time when we “much obliged,” or “after you,” a person.

It’s hard to live in a society where we don’t consider the other person. Then again, if we didn’t have these inconsiderate homosapiens living among us society would come to a screeching halt as soon as two people met at an impasse the world would shut down. I guess someone either has to concede or take initiative.