IN THE END I SHALL BE MY ONLY ENEMY

Imagine for a moment you are an addict, I mean hardcore, do not worry about the drug or activity of choice. Any help you seek will recommend stopping it and replacing it with something healthy.
Now with that in mind there are many addictions we live with day to day, yet consciously go on with them. Lets start with the one I see on the daily…Greed.

Greed is called a selfish desire to obtain money, wealth, material possessions or any other entity more than one legitimately needs. Greed is listed as one of the Catholic seven deadly sins, usually by the synonym of avarice. A basic desire to increase one's wealth is generally considered acceptable in Western culture, and simple want is not considered greed. Instead, most believe that there are varying degrees to the pursuit of material wealth, with greed being the most extreme form, with one desiring things simply for the purpose of having them. Greed may entail acquiring material possessions at the expense of another person's welfare (for example, a father buying himself a new car rather than fix the roof of his family's home) or otherwise reflect flawed priorities.
When greed entails the covetousness of another person's attributes, the term envy is used. When greed is applied to the subject of the excessive consumption of food or drink the term gluttony is often used, another of the Catholic seven deadly sins. Greed is sometimes represented by the frog.
Buddhists believe greed is based on incorrectly connecting material wealth with happiness. This is caused by a view that exaggerates the positive aspects of an object.
Proponents of ultra-capitalism, including Objectivists, argue that greed should not be considered a negative trait and should instead be embraced, as they claim it is the emotion on which the capitalist economic system is based. Critics have argued this definition confuses greed with self interest, which can be more benign.

I place this one at the highest of them all due to the fact that I am in school for psychology. I ask myself with what is wrong with the world today how can anyone truly be helped? The biggest reason this question was posed is I see how much of ourselves are so heavily guarded. We do not share the only thing we have of any significant value…us.
We live as if we are stockpiling everything we consider to be valuable, all the while knowing the only time we share is to “flex”. I understand that it is in our nature not to be trusting of every Tom, Dick, and Harry, but are we truly placing our allegiance in those who have not the interest of the collective at heart.
Hell, even Ayn Rand whom many intellects admire and study endorses the “individual” over the “collective”. And with that in mind we have become the devolution of man, not the improved, just the new man.
One day when these thoughts rang in my head I came with an answer that I cant seem to let go of…we must work together or perish…yes I said perish! Remove your emotional filters for a moment and ask, are we improving the world we live in? If the answer is no or I’m not certain we are on our way to nowhere. The saying” if you are not getting better you are getting worse” echoes in my mind.
There are too many secrets we keep and far too many “things” we just wont share. For the life of me I don’t know why unless it is greed based…you know.
I wont share my knowledge because someone will do better than me and “I” will be considered a failure.
I will cheat on my spouse because if they know they might leave me or want in on the action.
I wont share my wealth because then how would people know “im” rich.
Hidden agendas permeate through our day to day lives so much that it is not only accepted it is imitated. We embrace the rich only hoping to one day get what they have, as if we can learn from the very people who keep us in our places. We admire the intellects as if they are going to one day on their deathbeds share that knowledge.
I am not having that we need everything now not later. Later has become too late too many times for us to accept that philosophy.
So what can we replace with that dangerous stance…trust.
I truly look forward to your thoughts on this, more so than your opinion. The difference is I don’t want you to tell me if you like it(although it will be appreciated), I would like to know what we can do to unite one another.