THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER dictionary defines the word selfless as \u201csomeone who has no concern for self, or unselfish.\u201d As the world keeps turning, it may feel like selfless people are few and far between. It can be rewarding to fight with your elbows in a dog-eat-dog world where unapologetic selfishness gets you to the top. Just because a certain type of behavior is more visible and more noticeable doesn\u2019t mean that all hope is lost. In fact, there is so much more to celebrate.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this issue, I can\u2019t help but think of dolphins going out of their way to help each other. They watch out for other dolphins\u2026 and they watch out for other species as well. As reported in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, a wide variety of animals have shown something called \u2018altruistic behavior.\u2019 Altruistic behavior basically means animals in the wild\u2014even when it could be dangerous\u2014go out of their way to help other animals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stanford\u2019s text reads, \u201cAltruistic behavior is common throughout the animal kingdom, particularly in species with complex social structures. For example, vampire bats regularly regurgitate blood and donate it to other members of their group who have failed to feed that night, ensuring they do not starve\u201d (2003). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That selfless behavior is not a learned behavior. It\u2019s something instilled in them from birth, just like an instinct. Why would it be instilled in species of animals across the globe and skip humans? I believe \u2014 even in the darkest of times \u2014 that we humans also have a natural instinct for altruistic behavior. There are people who are just simply\u2026 good. Just because that\u2019s who they are. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For this issue of Good News, I want to highlight people in our community who show selfless behavior. Even when we don\u2019t notice it, we\u2019re surrounded by people who would sacrifice if it meant that we got to live a better life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To those selfless people, those we write stories about and those we don\u2019t, we thank you. -GN <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER dictionary defines the word selfless as \u201csomeone who has no concern for self, or unselfish.\u201d As the world keeps turning, it may feel like selfless people are few and far between. It can be rewarding to fight with your elbows in a dog-eat-dog world where unapologetic selfishness gets you to the top. Just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":12359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n