love. desires the best for the other person.

how few friendships actually reflect this. selfish people are we.... and we want the best for ourselves and don't care who we push down in the process of obtaining it. Christians cover it with seemingly holy things...but, they are the worst at heaping guilt upon others and hiding behind manipulative statements to forgive. we sometimes allow ourselves to be trampled upon by others... b/c we just think so lowly of ourselves that we don't demand to be treated with respect. but...dang it. we need enough confidence and love of ourselves to demand the respect due of others in our lives. we shouldn't allow ourselves to be used and abused and trampled upon. i've allowed this to happen to me in the past. but, i like myself too much now to let it happen again. perhaps i think too highly of myself. and yet...i know another who thinks even more highly of me then i do most of the time. i want to have his eyes. i long to see others as He sees them...why don't i seek to see myself through this same lens?