Everyone is better than you

 

“Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than more important than yourselves, each looking out for his own interests, but also for those of others."

-Philippians 2

A good resolution would be to practice that. Paul seems pretty smart. He's probably one of the most read authors in history after all.

Far from me to try to translate Paul or try to put his work in context, but I think the best way to look at it always trying to consider the other person to be better than yourself so that the interest of the other first.

Today's society is so self-centric. With the internet and social networking it's all about the ME. Posting about your meals and your drive to work and the like. The common thing is all the posts are about the ME.

Maybe if we realized that in the grand scheme of things none of us is really that important. Maybe if we could post more about the good in others we would be more aware of the needs of not only ourselves but also others.

I don't think the Philippians had Facebook, but I think take Paul's words to them and apply them to our lives today, both on the internet and out there in the real world.