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Selflessness

i was thinking about us I mean the immense amount of people like-minded and very similar desires and then I asked myself if what sets us apart and determines our individual success it's just the strength of our will or the end result is achieved by our level of selflessness

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L Milton Hankins

Date: 3/28/2022 9:38:00 PM

Also, I suspect a good many of our successes are the product of our selfishness, wouldn't you say, too? So often we build on what we take from others.

L Milton Hankins
Date: 3/29/2022 8:22:00 AM

I think this is frequently true. In a venue such as this one, we feed off of each other, and whether we intend to or not, occasionally we "borrow" another's theme, phrase, or words. I think subconsciously, not deliberate plagiarism.

Marco Chies
Date: 3/29/2022 6:55:00 AM

You're absolutely right. And this happens with our poetry, which feeds and is fed with the poetry of others, which presents us with the following question: are we not all telling the same story, with different eyes and perspectives?