2008-08-14T16:28:43-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/self-centered/ http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/Escaping-the-Me-Monster-4175 2008-08-14T16:28:43-05:00 The "me" monster. That's the tendency to think about myself most of the time, and it's the main reason Pam was down so much of the time, and maybe you are. There's nothing like hurt and pain and pressure to turn us into self-focused people. Too often, life is about my needs, my issues, my problems, my agenda, my feelings, my load. But a life of self-focus or self-pity or self-centeredness is just not how we were wired to live, especially if we belong to Jesus Christ. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hindrances/The-Problem-with-Looking-at-Yourself-4003 2008-08-01T17:05:42-05:00 Poor bird. When he just kept looking at himself, he got confused and disoriented - and he kept running into things. Just like us - when we get all focused on ourselves, that is. And maybe that's where you are right now - the stress, the hurt, the load has gotten you all focusing on yourself, maybe without you're even realizing it. And you may actually be fluttering around emotionally, feeling disoriented and discouraged, even crashing sometimes.