On Dying

The thing with dying is- it happens a lot and in a lot of ways. Now some of those ways are good and some of those ways are bad. Dying inside- that's bad. Dying to yourself- that's good. But what does it mean to die to yourself? Why is it that anyone would want to die to yourself? Is it just some strange metaphor for not being selfish? It seems a bit extreme a metaphor if that is all that it means. If you are alive in Christ, why would you want to die to yourself? Wouldn't that be dying to Christ? Well, no one that I know is saying that, of course... but what are they saying? What is this self that you should die to? Are you supposed to kill a part of yourself? Are you at war with yourself?