Mankind- Teamwork, Fulfillment and Happiness

Teamwork is a human characteristic. The human instinct is to be a social animal that has relied on it's intellect and the ability to apply idea's and goals together in order to survive. In conjunction happiness is a feeling that may be nothing but a fleeting memory if you were to be living in solitude. We are programmed to be a part of a group of people, from a family, working environment or a community, our natural instinct is to communicate and work together in order to survive.

When you do something purely for yourself you may be filled with feelings of pride, excitement, or even powerful, however I would not often associate the word fulfillment with an act solely for yourself. I associate this argument with whether money can buy happiness or not. No matter what amount of money you have if you don't have someone to share it with there will be a void deep down happiness. This happens because in order to create a feeling of fulfillment and ultimately happiness over an extended period you must use your wealth and resources to help other's benefit even if it is as simple as your close family.  Until the money is used to help other people, friends, relatives, or the needing, the pure acts of self satisfaction will be nothing more than a short feeling of satisfaction like an addicts quick fix dosage of drugs. Working as a team or for other people around you, is simply he easiest way to experience the feeling of fulfillment. This can be displayed in as simple of a form from as the famous tale of Ebeneezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol". The moral of this story is to help others in order to find true happiness, and the interesting thing about this example in particular is this book was written in 1843. One hundred and seventy years ago, and since it has been written has been a household story recreating in many movies and shows. The application of the moral behind this story has not changed no matter how much our way of life has been altered through the different eras of human existence since the book was written.

Teamwork and doing things for others is an attribute of mankind that has gave us the ability to not only survive but thrive throughout every part of the planet over the centuries.