Is it more important to care about yourself, or to care about others?

I believe that it is more important to care about others before yourself. We need each other in life, to help each other. If everyone cared only about themselves, then we wouldn't be able to get anywhere in life. Inventions we have come up with are to help each other and ourselves. We have worked to help people who are different than us, and to get over our differences. If we didn't help each other, than things such as sign language or brail wouldn't exist. We need to help each other to learn. Being with others that we love makes us happy. If we only worried about ourselves all of the time than no one would be happy, because there wouldn't be anyone to support us or comfort us when we need it. I am glad I have other people in my life and that we live in a world where people help each other and care about each other.

Scrooge's Diary

December 24, 1843

Christmas Eve. What a horrible day that so many celebrate. For what have they to celebrate? Their lack of money? They don't have anything to be merry about. They all walk around greeting each other and wishing each other a happy and bright Christmas. Christmas isn't happy or bright at all though. The carolers are the worst. They try to spread their cheer to everyone, when not even they have something to be cheerful about. I will keep my thinking about Christmas cheer and not let anyone change my mind.