What good is self interest?

When you don’t set a high bar

The distance traveled

Would be nearer rather than far 

If we diminish our own capabilities

Before we truly know

This would likely influence our performance

What indeed might that show?

How indeed can self interest serve you?

If you do not correctly, self evaluate

If there is no baseline for progress or decay

Then this won’t help, and it shall not alleviate

What good is self interest to the altruist?

In this case, it is the key to define

How we measure reciprocity

How we relate in kind

With all things considered

We must be centered and have our feet on the ground

The middle way according  to the Buddha

Is where we should be found

I think maybe if we change the optics and focus

We need not despair

Rather than self interest

We should look at being self-aware

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DCG