My word today is self-seeking. The dictionary says it is the habit of pursuing one's own advantage, benefit or desires without regard for the needs, well being or perspectives of others. But, not all attention to oneself is self seeking. Self care and the placing of boundaries is healthy, it is when people become tools for achieving your goals or the other person's dignity becomes secondary to yours that it becomes problematic. Working the twelve steps can help us achieve humility in this area. The big book reminds us in the step nine promises that "self seeking will slip away." And "that we will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows."
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