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Being Altruistic is it Worth it?

I think I am a pretty altruistic person. I do things to benefit others knowing that it may be at a disadvantage to myself. In the long run I guess I always figured that it would pay off. You know as in the Christian way of being Jesus-like and all. But then I got to thinking if God helps those who help themselves why am I helping people that are continually trying to hurt me.
I just have this idea that I have the upper-hand when people think they are getting over on me but I know their true intentions so I continue to be kind even though I haven’t killed any one with kindness. I used to be big on grudges and I’m not sure if I have really changed or not. I know I have a temper so I think I displace my anger. Other than with family and probably boyfriends I do not like people to see me angry at them so unfortunately someone else usually catches the backlash. I feel as if many people anger you intentionally and when they do so they are exercising a negative force over you. Literally the fact that you can let your emotions get the best of you indicates that they do hold some sort of power over you but I believe as long as they don’t know it you avail. As long as I don’t keep it all bottled up I think I will be aight. If I did that I would really feel bad for whoever was the victim of my exploding. Even though I don’t curse trust me I can go off. But I believe that if I have gotten better with forgiving people. Of course I don’t forget and there are some things I couldn’t see myself forgiving people for such as cheating but then again maybe I would but I would not let them know it. I think forgiving someone has a positive impact on you own soul so that is why I would do it but that does not mean I would have to treat the person like it never happened. He would still have to face the repercussions so there is no way I would stay with him. If you were wondering why I decided my blog to start out with altruism I was read about it in an anthropology course and the theory is that altruism is only beneficial when they surround themselves with other altruists. Which makes sense since they'd be essentially looking out for those that have their back. I believe my closest friends are altruistic at least when it comes to me so I'm getting their. I believe in intelligent design so I am gonna give the natural selection concepts a rest for now.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness - Martin Luther King, Jr.