Share, if you love… yourself

If the philosophy of sharing needs further advocacy, here’s a point.

Sharing is for others and for ourselves. We make happy or grab attention from others, but we receive a reward ourselves in terms of reputation, etc.

I had a surprise when I understood another side of self-reflection of sharing, which I detected in myself analysing my behaviour.

Often (very often, since I have kids), I don’t have the time to read everything I find interesting around the web. I discovered that when I surf over something, if I can’t read it all, I share it. That’s because people around me, year after year younger people, of course need to be shown what’s useful by someone with more experience, but most of all, they read it (because they have more time), they learn it, and they share it back.

Making the general knowledge around you pays in two ways, because the average culture is higher, but also because your culture becomes richer when you are surrounded by the information you helped to spread (but never had the time to read).

It’s not just about having someone reading a book in your place, but also about the fact that everybody finds something different in the same text, and the sharing of it makes the interpretation richer and the nuances wider.

So, if you don’t want to lose an opportunity to learn more, share.