Why do you believe you are important?

Hmmm important in what context? At work? In my life generally?

Is this thread only for people who consider themselves important, or are you presupposing everyone does?

I’m the most important person in my own life, that’s enough for me.

I don’t.

I am important to others because through me they will see and achieve their destiny…

And because of this the same applies to them all.

I don’t think I’m important, per se. I do think I’m highly comical. Does that count?

I’m only important to my children. And maybe my boss, because I’m willing to work 60 hours a week instead of 40, without overtime pay.

If I don’t, who will?

I believe I am important because I am needed, by lots of people!
Without being needed I am important because that is the way I feel

I guess I can honestly say I have been officially deemed important as I run my company and will soon own it and my importance is further evidenced that 2 key employees have given me that vote of confidence by agreeing to be my partners and no one has yet quit on me in 14 years. <<knocks on wood>>

My most important job though is being a dad to my 2 kids and I still get hugs everyday so I would say my approval rating is still pretty high there.

What @Blondesjon said.

I think I am important because I am my mother’s only child. -girl
I also think that i am important to my friends even though they dont tell me that , but i think its because i am a good friend. and a good soccer player and goalie.
i cant wait for practice tonight :)

I also think that i am important because I am intellegent.

Whilst I dont consider myself to be important in the grand scheme of things, I think I have an important role to play within my family (I think we all do dont we?).

Nobody is really important. Everybody can be replaced. No matter who that person is. To this world no body matters individually.

I am.
Therefore, I am important.

Just for being.

I am important because I can move others to action, I can safeguard those who need protection and I can teach the next generation to think critically.

@Hypocrisy_Central What if you feel you are important but no one agrees with you?

I’d tell them to watch It’s a Wonderful Life.

I’m with @Fyrius: I’m the center of my own universe. Not of anyone else’s.

I don’t think I’m particularly important. For all the things that I do, a replacement can be found. For who I am, well, I’m certainly able to be replaced there too.

I see everyone else I meet as immensely important, so I can only come to the conclusion that I am too.

I don’t believe I’m all that important. I can easily be replaced in my job. It would be possible to replace m in my family, although that would be more difficult. Other than that, it wouldn’t be too difficult to replace me just about anywhere.

This is not to say that people wouldn’t miss me. It’s just to say that I am not so important that it would be hard to find others to do what I had been doing.

But this is all beside the point. What is importance? I mean really! What is it? It has nothing to do with who you are or how you live your life. Importance is of little consequence, it seems to me. It’s a little lie we tell each other to make each other feel good, but it is a lie.

If we’re trying to please others or gain their esteem, then we are only as good as what we can do for them today. Yesterday’s accomplishments mean nothing. I have little to no importance and that leaves me free to do what I want to. I don’t have to impress anyone. I don’t have to worry about what anyone thinks.

Well, I do, but I’m trying to stop that! ;-)

If were to disappear tomorrow there would be many people who would have an awful time carrying on. I do a lot everyday.

My cats need me. Oh and my wife too.
I play role in helping people get quality health care.
I plan on continuing to do good things in the future.

The send me out with the sales guys to make sure they don’t promise what we can’t deliver and to make sure they don’t try to “buy the job”. That is very hard to do and not many people want to tell the sales guys they are full of crap (in a niece way of course).

Hmmm important in what context? At work? In my life generally? In more ways than not, that would be up to you. Importance being one of those nebulous things in life, what one person deems important another see as irrelevant. Lebron James may be important to many because he is an NBA star, others because he plays well, others still because he as access and ability to other people who are thought to be important the ordinary non-famous don’t get a chance to know. You are usually important to your kids. Your per? I think they will soon get over that once they know the food is still coming. If you are the only one that can get the espresso machine to work at the job you might be important for that, but not if you are a tea drinker. I guess the best way to say it is do you feel important through the eyes of other people because I figure most people feel somewhat important to themselves even if they don’t feel important to others they cross daily.