Normally, I’m a very patient person. I like people, as a whole, and make an effort to get along well with everyone I meet. But there are times when someone pushes your buttons, and you forget your good intentions, especially when their behavior hurts others.

Did you ever meet one of those people who gives you the not-so-subtle once over; the head-to-toe evaluation that makes you wonder, if only for a split second, whether you forgot to change out of your pajamas in the morning? My father would call them haughty. I call them arrogant.

This kind of in-your-face arrogance is usually accompanied by frequent verbal spills intended to show off how much they know, or how much they’ve accomplished (at least in their own mind), in a poor attempt to elevate themselves by knocking you to the floor.

I have to wonder why people who profess to know so much don’t know that their arrogance is a neon sign flashing a serious lack of self-confidence and over-inflated ego, supporting a sense of superiority that is truly just a flight of fancy.

My advice, passed down from my father, of course, is to ignore them. Nothing will burst an over-inflated ego faster than a lack of attention,  that is until they find someone else to buy in to their fantasy.

 “For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you.”   Romans 12:3

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