A Thought About How To Be Perfectly Miserable

Here are some steps on how to be perfectly miserable:
Think about yourself
Talk about yourself
Use "I" as often as possible
Mirror yourself continually in the opinion of others.
Listen greedily to what people say of you
Be sensitive to slights. Never forget criticism
Be suspicious, jealous, and envious.
Trust nobody but yourself
Insist on consideration and respect

Tear others down
Believe the worst of others
Demand agreement with your own views on everything
Sulk if people are not grateful to you for favors shown them.
Never forget a service you have rendered
Be on the lookout for a good time for yourself, shirk your duties if you can
Love yourself supremely, be selfish, and do as little as possible for others.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 says:
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.

Sometimes we read these verses and see them as a prescription of how others should be treating us, but really this passage is a personal word to each of us, from God, on how we are to treat others. There is a big difference there. 

As I go through this list I see there are a few things in my life that I need to be working on myself. Nobody is perfect, but with God's help we can make a conscious choice to live and love as he intended.