Psychological Suspense, Travel, Romance, Erotica, Paranormal - Stories, Poetry, and Excerpts
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Altruism - Is There Such a Thing, Really?
I wrote this when I went back to college after my divorce several years ago, when feeling many different kinds of emotions about life at that time than I feel today, but this seems to make sense to me even now.
First of all, what is altruism? I have always understood it to mean that it is the practice of selfless or disinterested concern for the well-being of others or doing something for someone ‘just because.’