Selflessness is measured not by
those unsupported "I did, I said" claims you make, but by your
genuine and unregretted devotion to the interests of others, especially one
that may be at some cost to you. It includes charitable giving and sacrifices
made towards other people's well-being.
Talking about sacrifice, there's
authentic "sacrifice," as in giving away something in order to give
rise to something else of value, or for a greater good, but not motivated by
primary concern for oneself. There's also 'saa-crifice,' as in giving for
nothing but the flattery thereof, even though you know you may be caused to
suffer a greater loss.
The latter's a very common
phenomenon these days, but unfortunately that which follows it is called
'neemiso' (wishing you had done it differently, or be sorry for volunteering
yourself to be made use of). The "Saa" prefixing the latter
(saa-crifice) means 'snake' in Mandinka, but it could also be used to describe
a person with poor judgment or degraded consciousness; it is synonymous to
"Tollay."
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