We all have pride. It is embedded in our veins right from our mother’s womb. It’s an inheritance passed down from generation to generation. It’s in our DNA. It’s that thing that makes us feel more important than others. It’s that thing that makes us think we deserve better than others. It’s that thing that makes us strive for the best in life. We see it in other people, and we emulate it. The dictionary describes it as self-esteem or self-importance. If you like, you can call it self-respect or self-worth. It’s all the same meaning. Some of us have it more than others.

As we travel through life’s journey, we’ve acquired it as a skill. We have fanned it into flame beyond God’s original intention for self-esteem, and we have turned it into pride. We have turned up that self-respect a notch, and we have pumped ourselves up above everybody else, way beyond what it should be. We view ourselves as bigger, better, smarter or richer than others. We cherish ourselves much more than we cherish the people in our lives. We are self-focused, self-centred and self-conceited. We have turned ourselves into the gods of our lives, and we hardly ever listen to anybody else in our lives. Pride is not a good attribute to have. It’s not a good thing to acquire or to cherish. It actually leads to one’s downfall.

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