Do you have the "Little Jack Horner Complex?

There are different kinds of complexes, that is, emotional
and attitudinal states  that are dominant in a person's
belief concerning his self-worth, or lack thereof.

Two of these complexes, often observed in people are
the superiority complex and the inferiority complex,
which are opposite feelings and attitudes a person
has about his significance and his relationship,
especially to those he consider to have the opposite
complex.

However, the focus here is on the "Little Jack Horner
Complex," which is illustrated in the "Little Jack Horner"
nursery rhyme:
            Little Jack Horner
            Sat in the corner,
            Eating a Christmas pie,
            He put in his thumb,
            And pulled out a plum,
            And said "What a good guy am I!"

There is no evidence that Little Jack Horner did
anything other than "put in his thumb, pull out a plum
and eat the pie." Of course, gloatingly he exclaimed,
"What a good guy am I!" He  did  not  help  to
make the pie. Nor did he acknowledge his mother
who presumably made the pie. Nor did he
acknowledge the farmer or orchard keepers and
others who produced the ingredients in the pie.
Nor did he acknowledge  the  Creator  from
whom all good things, including a Christmas pie,
come from.

And at Christmas, a time when many people,
perhaps more than at any other time of the year,
share gifts and express appreciation to other
people all Little Jack Horner could think about
praiseworthy was himself, "What a good guy am I!"
Yes, he was selfish. But he is still young and maybe
he can be forgiven. But hopefully he will mature
and move beyond his self-elation state. May Little
Jack Horner and especially Big Jack Horner let
their out-of-the nursery rhyme be:
            Little or Big Jack Homer
            Sat a the table
            And before
            Eating beakfast, lunch, or dinner
            He bowed his  head and gave thanks to God.
            In his prayer and intention
            He expressed gratitude to all the people
           who helped provide the food that he was
           about to eat,
           And acknowleged how good they are.

The replacement complex for the Little Jack
Horner Complex, I call the "Devine Comlpex" 
But by any other name it is a complex that is
propelled by an attitude of gratitude that expresses
appreciation to others and to the Creator.

I make no aplogy for possessing, being possessed
by, and declaring, that I embrace the Divine Complex.

Paraphrasing, I can imagine the Apostle Paul saying:
"When I was a child, I talked like a child, I
thought like a child, I reasoned like a child.
When I became a man, I put childish ways
behind me, including the "Little Jack Horner
Complex," and  held  tenaciously  to  the
"Devine Complex."

Copyright 2014 by Uriah J. Fields