Fragments of Defiance

We know and we should remind ourselves that it's important to love oneself coz if we don't, no-one else will. We need to realize that hurting others while you are being hurt is not the greatest solution, but at the same time protecting self from hurt, is of utmost priority. It's a sword we walk on, one step wrong and we get cut. One step right and we save many from harm. But that right step sometime tests our survival. It tests our patience and threshold within. It tests us with life but life is precious and so the dichotomy arises, what is most supreme, the precious life and its small happiness or the great ideals and setting up higher standards of spirit, soul and greatness. What ismore important, to give in to our personal wishes or to rise above the same for a larger good?