People Commit Crime for Selfish Reasons

It is normal for people to describe the world now as a dog eat dog world where we sometimes need to literally hurt or harm another just for our own survival or good. Hence, it is not surprising for us to see an increase in crime and lawlessness in our society as we see people harden themselves to commit bad deeds against their fellow humans.  Thus it is not wrong to say that most people commit crimes for selfish reasons as most crimes are caused by selfish desires like greed, lust, anger or jealousy.

Many people commit crime for their desire for money. Everyday, we read reports of increase in the number of cases of snatch theft, armed robbery and burglary, embezzlement of funds, and cheating. These criminals selfishly think of their own needs and wants, and in order to get easy money without working hard to earn their own money, they selfishly force or coerce and trick others to part with their hard-earned money and possession.  They don’t care if other people or families are affected or do not have enough, they just focus on themselves, what they want to do with the money they have taken by force. Sometimes, because of their love of money, they might just kill their uncooperative victims.

In addition, many people commit heinous crimes out of lust. They just want to satisfy their sexual desires and as a result they might force another unwilling party to engage in sexual acts. It hurts our heart when we read of rape cases that happen, especially when they involve young children or even mentally handicapped victims. These victims’ whole lives are destroyed, and they are traumatized for a long time, but these rapists have no regard for all that. They were too selfish to think about other people except themselves.

Lastly people also commit many other crimes for selfish reasons like anger or jealousy.  We read reports of how people commit murder during fights or commit road rage or kill someone just to silent those who know their secret or have something that they covet for. Some even kill their lovers who have a change of heart. These murderers are very selfish because they deny someone else the chance to live just for their own interest, survival or anger. They don’t think of the hurt and harm they cause to those who might lose their loved ones because of their actions.

Thus, the main driving force behind crimes is indeed selfishness. Although we are imperfect and would definitely seek our own interest, we must not deaden our conscience. If we are so self-centered until we are willing to sacrifice others for our own good, we will reap the consequences one day.

Friendship

As the old saying goes, “No man is an island”; we all need companionship to complete us. Moreover, nowadays, we can even profess to have many friends. The social networking tools that are available to us made it easier for us to keep in touch and connect to our friends as well as to get to know many new friends around the world without even the need to meet them face to face in real life. We socialize with people whom we call friends all the time, but can we say that friends are the most valuable thing in our lives? In my humble opinion, I don’t think so. Friends are very important, yes, but there are many more important things or people in our lives, namely our family members, our health and our own personal development.

 Blood is thicker than water. This idiom explains the importance and significance of our family members; the bond that we share is so much stronger than the relationships we have with others. Friends may accompany us when everything is fine but there are very few friends who will stay back and go all out for us when the going gets tough. Our family, on the other hand, will never leave us in a lurch; no matter how difficult it is, they will try their level best to see us through the rough patch in life. In order words, we can always count on them to be there for us. Moreover, there are some friends who might have bad intentions and who might do things that can harm us to serve their own interest, but that is seldom heard of among family members. Family members will not normally turn against each other to their own advantage, but will normally be at the lookout for each other. Hence this complete trust, strong bond, and unconditional sacrifices, love that we have with our family members are uniquely precious and cannot be really found and experienced with our friends.

On the other hand, our health should be more important than our friends. Friends may engage in activities that may bring negative effects to our health, for instance, smoking, taking drugs, partying and hanging out till late at night, or even engaging in sexual immorality, but we must be wise enough to know that our own health is far more important than pleasing our friends. If we are sick, most of the time, our friends who might have encouraged us to join in those activities will not be the ones who will stay back to nurse us back to health.  Thus, we must always remember, compared to friends, our health is very important because we need it to enjoy a quality life, to fulfill our goals and to pursue our dreams.

Lastly, our personal development is also more important compared to friends. We need to always improve ourselves, and in this, our friends play a major role in influencing and shaping who we are. Hence it is crucial for us to be selective in our choice of friends. We must surround ourselves with people with positive qualities and good personalities or attitude that can help us to develop a well-rounded character instead of having bad associates who can tarnish our reputation or be a bad influence to us, for example in the use of vulgar words or in playing truants. We need to understand that although they might be exciting and fun to be with, our personal development is more important, and it is our responsibility to make sure that no one deters us from what we need to develop ourselves constantly in life, namely to continue improving our knowledge and skills, to be a person with praiseworthy qualities and to be a person who can contribute to the society.

Hence, despite the importance of friends, I cannot agree that friends are the most important thing in our lives. It is because having a friend can be a boon or a bane depending on how selective we are. However, this does not mean that they are unimportant! They are an integral part of our lives, but we need to be balanced in our view of friends, and make sure we know what is more important when making decisions in our lives.

Inspirational Quotes To Live

Hi there! Actually I like observed the inspritional quotes by anyone. After I read the quotes, I will try to understand it first. Later, I will decide either it is a good quotes or not to me because sometimes I will applied the quotes into my life. I guess I should take the literature course. I guess. Here I will list the inspritional quotes to live by Nelson Mandela. Who is he? If you want to know him, please use 'search service' by google. Just a brief, Nelson  Mandela actually is the revered statesman who emerged from prison after 27 years to lead South Africa out of decades of apartheid, died on 5 Dec 2013 at age 95.

How will you remember Mandela? Here are 10 of his inspiritional quotes to live by:

1."There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living'.

2. "I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear".

3." Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change th world".

4. "To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respect and enhances the freedom of others".

5. "It always seems impossible until its done".

6."If I had my time over I would do the same again. So would any man who dares call himself a man".

7. "It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger'.

8. "No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background , or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite".