Love is Not Self Seeking

The New International Version interprets 1 Corinthians 13 verse 5 as saying, "Love is not self seeking." That's definitely not "today." Today, we are all self seeking. After all, "we are worth it," we are told. Seeking your own ~ your own way, your own path, your own pleasure is what we are all about. This must be something contradictory to what the world teaches us. I think most of our problems stem from our eyes being on ourselves. Wonder what the world would be like if everyone sought the good of others, instead of just the self? This would really change the world. Wonder what it would do to our little worlds, if we just tried?

My life verse seems to apply here: Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. (Matthew 6:33)