Selfish vs Selfless

Selfish
adj.
caring chiefly for oneself or one's own interests, regardless of others
characterized by concern only for oneself.

selfishly adv
selfishness n

egotistic, self-seeking.


versus

selfless
adj.
having little concern for oneself, unselfish.
humble, inpretentious, modest.

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selflessness can only be described by what it is not.

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the paradox of light vs dark.
in the spiritual
it is selflessness not selfishness which brights

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Seraphs are selfless only to themselves.
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Selma was selfless.
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trying to find the Hebrew root. Dict only tells me from Middle English from Old English.

sunday. figured it out. selah in Hebrew - only used in prayer. means ever. like forever and ever in the Lord's Prayer. samech lamed hei. selah.
fascinating.


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