Our Selfishness Hurts Others | The Dialogue of Saint Catherine of Siena

Sister Mary Madeline Todd relays how God the Father teaches Saint Catherine how our selfishness will eventually harm others.

Episode three of The Commentaries: The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena

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Sure but people who don't set boundaries will die. People who overcome their self-preservation are more likely to die.

There has to be enough kindness for oneself as there is for another.

[CVoyage]

No, it doesn't and no it didn't. People, and their acuity, are based on experience and capacity. Real love to selfishness isn't a gradient, taking from one or the other, on a sliding scale. They're NOT related. Moving or acting are individual choices. The word selfish carries a negative connotation. The word really should be removed as considering oneself first is what ALL people do. Saying someone is selfish is a personal observation where the one saying it perceives what is a better action for that person. Being concerned with self is "learning" and it helps us to live, learn, grow, cultivate relationships, and LOVE. Even if a person makes an overt choice "not to be selfish", it is still them learning that a previous choice may no longer be what's productive for them. Considering oneself first is an evolutionary instinct to perpetuate ourself and protect ourself. It is required to survive. It doesn't mean that a person is cruel or hurtful. Actually hurting someone is a choice. How we give, how we live, how we gift, how we help, how we present good, and even how we present horribly, are choices. Your presentation is way too convoluted. It's really akin to saying "be good people."