personal fulfillment

From this recent entry in my thought blog:

The basic question is -- is life based on personal fulfillment worth pursuing? Personal fulfillment includes helping one and close ones gain easier lives, looking to minimize resource use (money, time, attention, actions, etc.), trying to gain happiness by ways learned by living life till today, trying to achieve self respect by using ways learned by looking at family and friends, growing, trying to make our image in the eyes of others better, etc.


This thorn in my mind is hard to get rid of.