Is Self Help a bit too Selfish?

We are a selfish lot.  Constantly thinking of ourselves and less about those around us and I'm a selfish man.

And yet are we to blame in this day and age of self help, self awareness, self esteem and self development?  Self is being crammed down our throats and we as self gluttons are swallowing it up.

I know that we all need time for ourselves but this is just getting ridiculous.

I also know that on my own path of self betterment, I was constantly bombarded with information on how to help myself.  Books on self help, people telling me to be more self aware.  Heck I was spending so much time on myself that I was quickly becoming self involved and the world and my issues continued to be about me.

I do not like being in my own head for too long.  It's dark and scary at times and there's no bacon.

Thinking too much led to depression as I was going against the very nature of my humanity.  We as humans are meant to socialize with others.  For thousands of years we as nomads, travelled and lived amongst one another.  Taking care of one another.  Depending on one another.  Protecting one another.

Somehow we began to think too much of ourselves and this thought process became contagious.

What changed?  We all have our own ideas on why and how.  I, myself feel that we live in a society where folks are trying to constantly improve themselves and their lifestyle and not enough is taught of helping others and improving communities thus in turn helping ourselves.  We are bombarded by self help information and not enough on thinking for others.

I know that when I went into the helping profession and began to work on how I could help other people.  It was hard, but at the end of the day.  I was content and happy.  This worked for me.  I hope you can find a path that works for you.

Maybe this isn't a cure all for humanity but if we can just get out of ourselves at some point in our busy week I'm guessing that your own personal problems will melt away all that much quicker and someone will benefit from our kindness.

This message doesn't go out to all people out there, some of you know the benefits of helping others and relish in it.  Research even suggests that helping others is good for your health.  Go ahead and Google it and while you're at it, make me a sandwich.

I'm not a healer, I'm just a man trying to make this world better.  My ideas won't work for everybody but I do endorse what works for you if it involves not thinking of yourself too much.