What Friends are for?

Some people say I'm selfish but on the other hand I'm a giver. Those are contradictive things. How can I be selfish when all I want to do is giving?

I thought what people say about me is right that I am the most selfish person in this planet but interaction with other people makes me realize that I'm not too bad. We have personal reason to be what we are right now. We have experiences that shape us to be who we are now. Maybe bad experiences that make us protect ourselves even more and tend to be selfish. Does protecting self mean selfish? We also won't sacrifice ourselves to do some good things for other people. But what if that other people are your friends? We have our own intrepetation of friends, some might be close to you that you'll do anything for them, some might not be that close so you wouldn't do anything for them. Doesn't matter what people do to you what does matter is what you do to other people, that is you, yourself, your character. It shows who you are and quality within you.

I tend to stop giving when I realize that other people take advantage of me. But that doesn't show who I am. I cannot keep giving for sure, I'll be 'hungry baker'. I can stop giving but I'll start back to do what I do best: giving, eventually. Whether people take me for granted or not, all I do is keep the character strong. Because like a great man said:

"Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.” 

― Abraham Lincoln

So you can take all I have, all that you want from me but you cannot change my character and take my character either. You can be as selfish as you want and you can and it's enough for me to know what you're like as a person. We can still be friends, of course. But I hope we have the same perception of friendship.

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