Selflessness #AtoZChallenge @AprilA2Z
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.
You can check out my A-Z posts thus far by clicking on a highlighted letter!
April 22, 2016 3:16 am|
That surely has to the ultimate act of selflessness.
Keith’s Ramblings
May 2, 2016 11:18 pm|
Yes, it must be!!
April 22, 2016 6:25 am|
That is such a difficult thing to do… Selflessness is surely hard to practice!
May 2, 2016 11:19 pm|
In this case, it’s definitely very tough to be so giving!
April 22, 2016 6:34 am|
Selflessness at its toughest, letting go of your newborn baby.
Good one Shilpa 🙂
May 2, 2016 11:19 pm|
True that! Thanks ME 🙂
April 22, 2016 8:04 am|
Giving away a baby is the perhaps the most selfless acts ever and the hardest too for a new mother.
May 2, 2016 11:24 pm|
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!
April 22, 2016 9:00 am|
Ohh.. so painful.. Sad. I guess surrogacy must be tough.
May 2, 2016 11:22 pm|
I think so too!
April 22, 2016 9:45 am|
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.
May 2, 2016 11:25 pm|
Yes, there is power and happiness in giving selflessly!
April 22, 2016 11:24 am|
Heart wrenching!
May 2, 2016 11:25 pm|
It surely is! 🙁
April 22, 2016 12:15 pm|
True, selflessness is difficult. But the feeling even after a tiny little selfless act, priceless.
May 2, 2016 11:31 pm|
True. The greatest gift you can ever give another person is your own happiness!!
April 22, 2016 1:33 pm|
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
May 2, 2016 11:30 pm|
Yes, you need a lot of grit and determination to do that!
April 22, 2016 3:35 pm|
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 …
May 2, 2016 11:33 pm|
Yes, a heart that is a soft heart is a strong heart!
April 22, 2016 3:55 pm|
Motherhood truly is a selfless act, and surrogacy is even more selfless! 🙂
May 2, 2016 11:35 pm|
Yes it is!!
April 22, 2016 4:28 pm|
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.
http://www.sunilavigauthor.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/shachi-and-indra-poem-in-two-parts.html
May 2, 2016 11:37 pm|
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!
April 22, 2016 5:11 pm|
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
May 2, 2016 11:38 pm|
I think it is something that we can learn though some people are high on this inherently!
April 22, 2016 8:01 pm|
Aw! So heartbreaking some selfless acts are.
Sudha from
Everyday Muse
May 2, 2016 11:38 pm|
Hmmm… they are!
April 22, 2016 8:17 pm|
Ouch… that is tough… No matter how much a woman prepares for it.
May 2, 2016 11:39 pm|
Yes, it must not be easy! But then nothing in life ever is!
April 22, 2016 8:18 pm|
Ah mothers! Only they can be truly selfless.
May 2, 2016 11:39 pm|
Hmmm…. agree with that!
April 22, 2016 10:05 pm|
Trying to help others, incidentally, is also the basic idea behind all businesses!
Destination Infinity
May 2, 2016 11:40 pm|
And being helped in return too!
April 23, 2016 9:27 am|
Priceless! Beautifully expressed!
May 2, 2016 11:40 pm|
Thanks Shalini!
April 23, 2016 5:11 pm|
Oh goodness, that’s heartbreaking. But it is still another good story.
@JazzFeathers
The Old Shelter – Jazz Age Jazz
May 2, 2016 11:40 pm|
Glad you liked this one, JazzFeathers!
April 23, 2016 6:19 pm|
That needs lots of guts!!
@authorparomita from
<a href="https://rollingstonepictureproduction.wordpress.com/tag/atozchallenge2016/
May 2, 2016 11:41 pm|
Agree!
April 25, 2016 6:14 pm|
Oh my…what a relief for the child to have found a home at last..selfless people do exist. very sweet one!
May 2, 2016 11:42 pm|
Yes, such people are there who selflessly devote their lives for others!
April 28, 2016 6:30 pm|
Oh no! in this case, to practice selflessness is very tough but you have said it in your wise words so beautifully.
May 2, 2016 11:42 pm|
Thank you, Asha!