This is a question that pops up a lot, sometimes in my questioning myself, and more often by people – the question is “why do you keep talking about this stuff?”, “what good do you get out of it?”, and why this or why that… I must have heard a thousand variations of that question, but they all pretty much lead to the same question don’t they? Why does Moadh talk to people about all this? And why does he get on this website every now and again and writes and discusses?

The more I think about it, the more reasons I’ve been able to come up with. So far, I have the following:

REASON I

If all actions are self-motivated, and we only seek what’s good for ourselves, then why should we do anything good for anyone else? Why be altruistic? Why bother?

Well, i think as human beings, as highly developed creatures, we need to recognize that we need to better our environment, that we need to be a force for good, and in some cases a force for change. I stress that this is my personal opinion and is in noway a fact – its my simple understanding and reasoning. I feel we have a responsibility to firstly look after ourselves and secondly better the environment around us with all its elements

REASON II

There really is a feel-good thing to it isn’t there? Whenever something self-less is done, one can feel this sense of pride about what has been achieved. And this does actually conform to the ‘all actions are self-motivated’ claim. So even if this your reason, go ahead and do it – It doesn’t really matter in the end, as long as some good is done and situations are bettered as a result – the motive might be a disadvantage, but in factual terms, it doesn’t take much away from the result

REASON III

Now this one’s a completely personal reason. I write because it serves as an outlet for me to express my ideas and thoughts and because that’s really always been me. I’ve always been the person to state his opinion and speak his mind, and this is just another venue for doing that. Not everyone can relate to this reason, but I consider it a reason, so :)

REASON IV

Those who know me well have probably heard of this reason quite a few times. I write, and I discuss and I try to make an impact because I would like to be a source of comfort and information to that one person.. that one person that is right at this moment going through a dilemma of self-analysis, of external-analysis, that is struggling to break away from conformity and delve into individuality, that is facing an emotional war with her or himself in the process of questioning – I would like to be there for that person

That’s all I’ve got so far, I will update this (or add another post) if I come up with any other reasons. Until then, peace.