Wednesday 27 July 2022

The (Selfish) Ten Commandments

THE (SELFISH) TEN COMMANDMENTS

1             Thou shalt be selfish at all times and look after Number One first – that is yourself

2             Thou shalt have at least two holidays a year, preferably abroad, as a right and not as a fortunate personal circumstance to be thankful for

3             Thou shalt be greedy in every personal respect whether relating to food, drink, or any other form of personal pleasure

4             Thou shalt be personally enslaved in some form of modern deity, whether it be a sports team, TV personality or celebrity of any kind, or anyone else or thing you admire; and thou shalt follow their fortunes and be personally affected by them be that in a positive or negative way

5             Thou shalt create thyself as a celebrity in your own right by engaging in whichever social media vehicle is available for you to publicise yourself, your lifestyle, your thoughts and opinions as well as your innermost personal information, in order to gain and obtain as many idolising followers as you do unto others

6             Thou shalt go on a spending spree at all times regardless as to whether you can afford it or not, be it for clothing, property or in whatever other material form, and then to flaunt it unto others thus creating in them the overwhelming need and desire to compete with you

7             Thou shalt take total disregard to any health advice given and convince yourself that you will never be affected as it will never happen to you anyway

8             Thou shalt never accept any personal responsibility for anything that happens to you, your loved ones, or any other person as it is never your fault; and it is always the responsibility and fault of someone else whether in authority or not, whether now or in the past or in the future, or whether or not have they ever had the slightest jurisdiction of that element of your life. Remember that it is always someone else’s fault and never yours since you are a hapless victim of circumstances. Remembering also that revenge is the new forgiveness and to do unto others before they do it unto you

9             Thou shalt always consider yourself to be in the right and never in the wrong and in being so it follows that everyone else is wrong and should be called out, vilified, labelled, libelled, slandered and persecuted into silence unless they agree with you

10           Thou shalt never consider anything in the long term since it is better to live now and forget about tomorrow or any other morrow, thus concentrating your pleasure on the here and now and not the thereafter since there is no thereafter anyway

 11          Being selfish, thou shalt have more than just Ten Commandments – add others as you desire hereinafter

25 comments:

  1. Shellfish...l love shellfish, especially oysters and mussells...
    Oh! Selfish...sorry..! :).

    Thank the lord my life style does'nt involve ANY of the above...or ever has..or ever will..!
    And..if one followed the above, it's a sure way of
    getting into the fiery furnace...!
    They sound more like the devils commandments...! :(.

    Oh! Well..busy morning..ladies coffee morning at eleven,
    must cut the grass out front, have'nt watered the baskets
    or flowers as yet..Womans work is never done...! :O).
    ☕ 🍰 ☕ 🍰 ☕ 🍰 ☕ 🍰 ☕ 🍰 ☕ 🍰 ☕

    Glad the book issue is all sorted Victor...My copy will be
    here tomorrow..Thursday..! :).

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    1. Thank you so much for helping sort out the book issue, Willie. Much appreciated.

      You are right, these are the devil's commandments. The world has become such a sad and greedy place of late.

      God bless always.

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    2. I think you alternate title of the Devil's Ten Commandments is perfect!

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    3. Thank you Kathy. God bless you.

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  2. Hi Victor, just one more commandment to add to your ten:- 'Thou shalt not follow any of Victor's commandments if you want to live a happy and loving life'. :-)

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    1. Sadly, many people live up to these modern commandments.

      God bless, Brenda.

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  3. ...being selfish is a way of life for many these days.

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    1. Yes, you are right, Tom. That's why the world is in such a state.

      God bless you.

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  4. Sadly, as I read each of these, I was reminded of one (or several) people. Then, remembered a powerful admonition, "Judge not." Do I dare look the mirror?

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    1. If we're honest, we all are a little guilty of these every now and then ... except me because I'm perfect.

      God bless you, Mevely.

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  5. Uh-oh, I fear your Spam file ate my comment.

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    1. Found and retrieved your comment above, Mevely.

      God bless.

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  6. I'm guilty of some ot these but I do try to do better.

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    1. We've all been like that at some time; but at least we try to do better.

      God bless, bill.

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  7. Sadly some people do live like that!!

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  8. There is no shortage of selfish humans these days!

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    1. Very true; it's me ... me ... me ...

      God bless, Bill.

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  9. Dearest Victor,
    SO PERFECTLY SUMMED UP!
    It is indeed the list of commandments for the selfish instant gratification generation! And that generation has affected/infected some other generations that hopped on for feeling 'in' and 'cool' and being 'friends', even with their own children! A true Parent is NEVER a friend with his/her children!
    Hugs,
    Mariette

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    1. Well said, Mariette. When I see around me, there are a lot of parents with the brain of a pigeon. What hope have they of passing on any level of education or intelligence to their offspring?

      God bless you always.

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  10. I think many folk live by some of those commandments. Sad to say I have too. but I much prefer the ORIGINAL....
    Love from this side.

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    1. Yes, I guess we've all at some time or other fell in the temptations of these commandments. But at least we recognised our mistake and asked forgiveness.

      God bless you and Sherry, Jack.

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  11. Living that way sounds so sad and painful. Would you ever be happy? It seems not, there would always be something to complain about not going your way.

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