Thinking Well of Ourselves

"Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people that want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm - but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves." ~ T.S. Eliot

Isn't this the truth? Every last one of us suffers from this kind of madness to one degree or another. The ones who have it bad make themselves fairly conspicuous.

The antidote to this "struggle to think well of" ourselves can only be found in a proper relationship with and understanding of Christ. In Him we are freed from the perceived necessity to be important. To be loved, to be the object of grace and mercy is quite enough.