I have a theory that we all have three facets to our personality, with a fluid relationship between them that varies depending on circumstances, age and experience. We do not always get the personality we would prefer, and it can be a struggle to give the most appropriate part of our personality voice.
Somewhere in there is a selfish being, another with complete faith in eternity, and a final one who really believes in other people and their works. A common theme in western thought is the importance in a belief in oneself, a mistake in many ways simply because people have not taken into account the consequences of choices. If you believe in yourself, then what you produce will be yourself for yourself and, as a consequence, impenetrable to others. It will be hard to help you and your weak areas (and there will be plenty of those) will absorb far too much time, time better spent on the areas you are good at. If, on the other hand, you believe in others you will be giving them the one thing that they really need - your trust. You already know that many people will fail, so at the beginning in believing in others you are already prepared to meet some failure, you will be less blind to their weaknesses than your own.
What are your proportions? Do you believe more in yourself, a higher being or in mankind? Not sure, well, look to how you treat strangers and people who do not figure large in your life, the answer will be in their faces - but you might have to look very carefully.
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