needs?

Do you expect sympathy and special treatment during your times of difficulty? I washed my disciple’s feet just before I died. Do you find it easier to be thoughtful and considerate to others when everything is serene in your own life and your concerns are in the background? It is a higher test of your character to observe how you attend to the needs of others while you have concerns of your own. If you give your troubles free reign they will enlarge to crowd out your usefulness to others, and even to yourself. This distorts your perspective and interferes with your vision. Address yourself to the needs of other people and your own will diminish.