SELFLESS

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In the event that you prioritize othersAnd for you, it's their well-being that mattersWhen you're fulfilled by doing for their happiness You're exercising the trait of selflessness

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In the event that you prioritize others
And for you, it's their well-being that matters
When you're fulfilled by doing for their happiness
You're exercising the trait of selflessness.

Like a hen who's affectionate to her hatchlings
As she ignores rain, for their safety underneath her wings
It's in the same manner with the unselfish individuals
Who sacrificed themselves for the needy even if it's fatal.

Your sincere text or call to someone during your nap time
Lending monetary help from your savings or allowance
Inviting a forlorn friend to a coffee date on your vacant day
These are simple gestures of showing love and sympathy.

Giving yourself to someone even if the hurt continues —
It's not an act of  selflessness, but absurdity.
Bestowing kindness for the sake of praise and applause —
It's not an act of selflessness, but hypocrisy.

God offers us wisdom to distinguish good from bad
Do not share, if later on you will just get mad
For He won't look at the quantity nor the value we're given
Rather, how wide is our heart we open for our brethren.

Christ Jesus demonstrated us His overwhelming, profound love
As He'd been hanged in the cross, suffered and mocked
Praying for humanity instead of himself
To show us the meaning of forgetting one's self.

Loving our neighbors is our second purpose here on earth
Serving them wholeheartedly and putting aside our interests
By doing this, our Almighty Father in heaven will be pleased
For His heart belongs to the selfless ones, making them more blessed.

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"Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others."
- Philippians 2:3-4 (NKJV)

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By: Cory Asbury

Penned by: J. Z. ROMEO

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