The Desire to Hold Onto a Perception of Goodness and Self-Worth

The desire to hold onto a one's perception of one's own goodness and self-worth is often a cause for havoc that exists in our world. At great cost, we hold onto perceived notions. We wish to hold onto status and ideas that we are worthy and good people. We are even willing to harm others who we believe to stand in the way of the images we cling tightly to. We sometimes spin tales in order to create a "truth" we find palatable. "If I am good, then others out there must be bad."