According to the poet, we become selfish because we only think about "myself, myself, and I." We do not learn from history and simply consider the present. "Think seven generations ahead," we no longer do. This is why we have become self-centered. A selfish person is one who cares only for themselves; who is narrow-minded; who does not care for others; who is inconsiderate. The poet says that if we want to be like God, we must love others as ourselves. Only then can we hope to reach heaven when we die. Jesus said, "He who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law." The law teaches us to love others, but it cannot make us love them more than ourselves. Only God can do that. Yet even though he loves us so much, we still need to repent and believe in him so that he can forgive our sins. Repent means to turn around or return to a previous state of being. We need to turn away from our sin and trust in Jesus Christ to save us. Without this turning away and trusting in Jesus, there is no way to go except to hell! After we repent and believe in Jesus, we must live our lives accordingly. When we were children, we followed our parents' instructions and learned what was right from wrong. As we grow up, we need people who know better than us what we should do.