Hidden Agendas

I've had this topic on my mind a lot and it can be kind of a mind boggler for me to be honest. I've grown up my whole life with a mother who has instilled in me that you talk to everyone like they are important, even if they aren't in the grand scheme of things. She would come out of the bathroom and talk to us about having just made a friend in the stall. So when I got to the state of Utah and have tried to continue my normal friendly self, I've run into a problem that has really troubled me. Can a guy not just purely care for another women without wanting romance or something out of the encounter? Is it impossible for people to co-exist without looking for what they get out of it? I have had this argument constantly with coworkers and friends, yet I can't understand how it's impossible to just be a good person and want to understand a human being with great potential. Is this all that we seek after when it comes to human interaction? An advantage in the race we call life or even a mystical thing called love? I don't really know... I can't understand it really at all. As I've lived here in Utah, it seems like I've ran into a lot more people who aren't interested in getting to know who you are because you don't offer them anything in return. Boy are a lot of people missing out on individuals who are walking miracles. Maybe I need to stop ranting or even thinking too deeply about a topic that will only bring me more questions then answers. Perhaps I just need to write some poetry to clear my mind...maybe.