Finding Value

I ran across this quote upon returning from the Dominican Republic and was struck by the fact that I still have to fight against this tendency. "We human beings have a great facility for living illusions, for protecting our self-image with power, for justifying it all by thinking we are the favored ones of God.... How difficult it is for human beings to move from the recognition of the ultimate value of their own particular culture and way of life to the acceptance of the value of other cultures and ways of living" –Jean Vanier. I think this quote speaks to many issues we deal with in our everyday life--politics, social status, and how we view our Christianity.