Am I the only one that says "I" way too much?

Let's see if I have more than one of these in me. I'll admit, it helps...

Am I the only one that says “I” way too much?

I have never considered myself a selfish person. I feel like I am there for my friends when they need me. I feel like I am willing to go the extra mile simply for the sake of doing a good job at work. I think back to all the times I have helped people financially, back when I could, whether in good judgment or not and I feel like I have done good deeds. I would like to believe that in any given situation I would be willing to put myself aside and help someone in need, friend or foe.

And then just like the time Nick Koscielniak threw a Frisbee at my head in gym class freshman year I felt like it hit me in face, how many times did I just say “I” in that last paragraph?

Twelve, just in case you were counting, and no that doesn’t include my title. And no I didn’t count the “me’s” either you stickler; I have to keep in line with my catchy title.

Huh, I remember telling my 9^th grade geometry teacher I would never have a real world application for logic statements, but by process of elimination if I don’t think that I am selfish, but all I talk about is “I” then what is left?

Merriam-Webster defines the word selfless as “having no concern for self.” Not being there for others, doing for others or a willingness to help, but “having no concern for self.”

Oppositely they define the word selfish as being “concerned excessively with oneself.” Not doing for yourself, taking time for yourself or even doing the right things for yourself but being “concerned excessively with oneself.”

Now, don’t get me wrong, I am a woman (and a realist – I know a contradiction in and of itself) and I am going to worry about me. Seriously, it is engrained in us from birth. But, am I concerned excessively with myself? 

Obviously the goal is to be somewhere in the middle. Honestly, no one can live on Mother Teresa’s level; and no one wants to be Lindsay Lohan. I’m sorry if you do. Wait, no I’m not and as a matter of fact if you want to be her I’m sure there is a better blog for you to be reading just a click to your right or left.

The question then becomes (yes Mrs. Gaither all those logic problems paid off) how do I go from “I” to “we”? Or rather to truly be “somewhere in the middle” do I need to create a new word?

Weyouius? Yes, that works. Sounds way better than Youweusi.

I suppose I just need to consider other people and how my verbal diarrhea and impulsive action disease affect them at least as much as I consider my own feelings. And I need to accept the fact that “doing” for others doesn’t necessarily make me un-selfish just as I used to tell my ex that buying me something didn’t make up for selfish actions on his part. Wow, that one hurt to write.

Weyouius, is it just me?