Dealing with a selfish world

People will be selfish. Period. Deal with it.

There is no escape from this reality, and the sooner one learns to handle it, the better it is. And after all, aren't we being selfish when we expect people to think of us, before they think of themselves...

Besides, I do believe that on most occasions that we deem people to have behaved selfishly, they haven't been so out of malice, but out of sheer thoughtlessness... After all, life's tough for everyone, and who can be blamed for looking out for him/herself, or for being so caught up in his/her own world that he/she forgets your existence?

The best way to deal with this is to make allowances for people being absorbed in their own self. Start expecting it, and it will stop bothering you. You're not the Queen of England, you know! Besides, who thinks of the Queen everyday, anyway?!