Looking Out For #1

I believe everyone has the right to "look out for number one". It means that you take care of yourself, which is crucial to being happy and successful. But, I also believe that you should balance looking out for yourself with looking out for others. Balance is important because it can help you make the right decisions in life by basing them on how they will benefit yourself and how they will affect other people. Caring for others is important because some people do not have the means to take care of themselves. By helping others, you will feel better about yourself because you will know you are capable of making a difference in the world. You should live your life trying to make everyone happy, including yourself.

Scrooge's Diary

December 23, 1843. Christmas. Bah Humbug! The mere idea makes me want to spit. A time of year when the poor, without a reason in the world to be joyous, merrily walk the streets with rosy cheeks and wide grins, nearly skipping through the snow in their tattered old shoes. Tomorrow Christmas eve will be upon us. God have mercy! My assistant will come into the office asking for a day off. And he will expect payment! Every year this ratty young man has picked my pockets for money he does not deserve. I pay him a good fifteen shillings a week and the poor twit can't even manage to feed his wife and children. And yet he still wants a day off! And for what! Christmas! Such a lie. A false feeling of happiness once a year that disappears the moment january arrives. The poor Christmas loving fools of this town have yet to realize what I have known all of my life; happiness is desirable, but money is absolutely indispensable.