"None are so empty as those who are full of themselves," Benjamin Whichcote once wrote. We all have a need to be recognized. Sometimes that need is so strong that we put ourselves forward. If someone tells of an encouraging incident in his life, we have to tell of one in ours. If someone caught a big fish--we caught one at least as big. It seems we fear to be thought less of, so we promote ourselves.
Jesus spoke a parable about those who considered themselves to be righteous and despised others (Luke 18:9-14). When we are full of ourselves, we cannot respect and esteem others as we should. We would do much better if others spoke more of us--and we less.
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