Rationalized behavior. Sordid deeds. Tasteless tidbits of salted morality made palatable to your conscience, your selfish and evil doings unguilted by a simple rationale. "It wasn't about you!"
So your heart remains unscathed ....as your actions lash and scar those you have hurt. For your cause was greater than their injury...your ideal worth their pain...your selfish desire a fruit worth plucking from their tree,... when your branches are bare.
A convenient escape from the grip of conscience is to bolster the thought that "It's not about you!"......................when it should have been.
