Reflections on Lk 18: 9-14

I have very much been the Pharisee in this parable. I haev battled asuperiority complex my entire life. I continue to struggle to reach out to all people, in my private and public life, without condescending. I need to only remember the love Jesus teaches when I think about how I ought to treat people. I realize, too, that superiority is really insecurity, and that real, true superiority is available to me only when I love God and love my fellow human beings. I have something to learn from everyone with whom I interact. Everyone and everything have something to teach me if I just listen.