My theme for this year’s Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is Cultivating Happiness. Today, S is for Selflessness.
Sure, she knew the drill.
But nobody had prepared her for that moment.
She couldn’t get her fill of looking.
Tears flowed unabashedly; joy and pain rushed out.
Waves of happiness were beginning to settle over her.
Just then they took him from her and placed him into the waiting arms of the intended mother!
A Word to the Wise
You don’t lose yourself being selfless—you find yourself.” – Seth Adam Smith
Acting selflessly isn’t easy. You need to have the desire to be selfless and believe me, you won’t regret it. The self satisfaction that comes from trying to make the world a better place will actually make you into a happier person.
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That surely has to the ultimate act of selflessness.
Keith’s Ramblings
Yes, it must be!!
That is such a difficult thing to do… Selflessness is surely hard to practice!
In this case, it’s definitely very tough to be so giving!
Selflessness at its toughest, letting go of your newborn baby.
Good one Shilpa 🙂
True that! Thanks ME 🙂
Giving away a baby is the perhaps the most selfless acts ever and the hardest too for a new mother.
Agree, surrogacy is a selfless gift that fulfills a dream of another couple to have a family! Need to be very strong to be able to do that!
Ohh.. so painful.. Sad. I guess surrogacy must be tough.
I think so too!
Surrogacy and selflessness go hand in hand. It is the toughest thing to do. But looking at it, it brings in joy to another individual.
Yes, there is power and happiness in giving selflessly!
Heart wrenching!
It surely is! 🙁
True, selflessness is difficult. But the feeling even after a tiny little selfless act, priceless.
True. The greatest gift you can ever give another person is your own happiness!!
Omg, that is truly the most selfless act! A high order that only very few people can actually carry out!
@KalaRavi16 from
Relax-N-Rave
Yes, you need a lot of grit and determination to do that!
You need a lot of courage and strength to give away your child; being selfless is not easy, one has rise above to do this …
Yes, a heart that is a soft heart is a strong heart!
Motherhood truly is a selfless act, and surrogacy is even more selfless! 🙂
Yes it is!!
So heart touching Shilpa. Surrogate mum maybe ? Selflessness should be cultured in us by ourselves methinks and so true that we are happier due to it.
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Yes, it is about a surrogate mother. Agree with you, the key to a self-fulfilled life lies in consistent selfless deeds and this we start on early in life!
It is pleasing to think that the self satisfaction that comes from trying to make the world a better place will actually make you into a happier person. Is selflessness something that must be learned, I wonder, or is it an inbred trait that is often driven out?
Gail’s 2016 April A to Z Challenge
S is for Save Our Planet
I think it is something that we can learn though some people are high on this inherently!
Aw! So heartbreaking some selfless acts are.
Sudha from
Everyday Muse
Hmmm… they are!
Ouch… that is tough… No matter how much a woman prepares for it.
Yes, it must not be easy! But then nothing in life ever is!
Ah mothers! Only they can be truly selfless.
Hmmm…. agree with that!
Trying to help others, incidentally, is also the basic idea behind all businesses!
Destination Infinity
And being helped in return too!
Priceless! Beautifully expressed!
Thanks Shalini!
Oh goodness, that’s heartbreaking. But it is still another good story.
@JazzFeathers
The Old Shelter – Jazz Age Jazz
Glad you liked this one, JazzFeathers!
That needs lots of guts!!
@authorparomita from
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Agree!
Oh my…what a relief for the child to have found a home at last..selfless people do exist. very sweet one!
Yes, such people are there who selflessly devote their lives for others!
Oh no! in this case, to practice selflessness is very tough but you have said it in your wise words so beautifully.
Thank you, Asha!