Selfless or the Selfish?

Suppose the last person on God's green earth was alive? Suppose that person wasn't you?
Would you still read the first sentence with a genuine positive feeling?
I don't think so.

There's always been a heavy battle between the selfless and the selfish inside my mind. I am myself a little towards the selfish side and I'm guessing most of us are. But from what I've seen there are loads of them out there who are selfless too. Some are smart enough but some are selfless to the extent that hurting someone isn't on their list at all.

But what truly is better, I always wondered. These two words are such similar stories yet so different. Both start from the same letter but when you reach the end of it you know how different they are.

Selfish is wanting all for yourself, right? But what is wrong in that? Isn't it your life? And don't you have to live with yourself your entire life? Then why not be selfish and create yourself a bed of roses. But that isn't how it really works, is it? You can be selfish all the time and you will have to pay back for it sometime, positively. So why not be selfless, instead? It is considered better, of course. If moving along the path hurting yourself the whole time is a good thing then yes, being selfless is just perfect.

You know what I think, both are equally good and it's never in our hands to decide. Because you know what, we'll never know. Selfless will have his own issues and credits while the selfish will have his own. We just won't know. It's more like a battle of the conscience. If you can tune your conscience to take right decisions at the right time then you don't need God's help.

Personally, I think there are moments of being selfish and selfless both. No one around is inclined to either one of them completely.. because decisions cannot be taken if you have already judged yourself before weighing your options.