The problem of pride

I'm currently reading a book by John Bevere called "The Bait of Satan". The focus of this book is how Satan cunningly uses pride and offense to separate us from other people.

Bevere explains on page 8 how pride causes us to deny the true pain that we feel when someone offends us:

Pride keeps you from dealing with truth. It distorts your vision. You never change when you think everything is fine. Pride hardens your heart and dims the eyes of your understanding. It keeps you from the change of heart -- repentance -- that will set you free. Pride causes you to view yourself as a victim.

I personally have gone through life being on the lookout for people to offend me, and then I have severed ties (or my heart) with people. How easily I have fallen into Satan's trap! As we know from Matthew 18:21-22, we are to forgive others an infinite number of times.