FOLLY OF PRIDE
Let's start with pride. ....when we become so self important that we don't need anyone else because we can do everything on our own, we become very arrogant without realizing it, we become very unpleasant to be around. We think we are better and bigger and smarter than everyone, looking down upon them and belittling left, right and centre....we think we rule our roost, have everything under control, we have the final say and nothing and no one is more important than us and our satisfaction, getting our own way all the time, without ever considering other people, their feelings, their emotions, their point of view..... None of that is important.. For most of us we go through this, but it is only a stage in our lives and we soon realize that life is far bigger than us and we really are not so different from others. That at times we do need help, advice, counselling, guidance, direction, even companionship.....pride is a massive Achilles heel in life because it makes us extremely vulnerable to human praise and glory. We think we stand on our own and we are so great and we have achieved so much and are not able to see how we have been manipulated into believing it was all our own doing, because that is how they operate, wanting us to believe we are super human. We are then easily swayed by titles, praise, glory, honour, money, position, all the little fruits of pride driving us into a situation of isolation. We feed our pride and ego with human praise and acknowledgement of our successes proudly displaying our efforts for all to see, in everything we do, we do it to impress others without even realizing it. Now....why would we need this? What is pride? What is its root? INSECURITY? LACK OF WORTH DUE TO CHILDHOOD TRAUMAS CAUSING US TO SEEK PRAISE AND HIDING BEHIND THIS SHIELD OF PRIDE? SO IN FACT PRIDE IS A FLAW AND A VERY DANGEROUS FLAW AT THAT..... BECAUSE WE ARE SO FULL OF OURSELVES, WE HAVE BUILT SUCH A WALL OF FALSE PROTECTION AROUND US THAT WE ARE TOTALLY BLIND TO ALL THE TRAPS WE FALL INTO....AND OUR ARROGANCE SILENCES ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TRY AND HELP US.....
Monica Maartens ©Copyright
26 March 2018
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