PachoMuchacho

I struggle with pride. One of the hardest things to recognize. It hides beneath so many other emotions like jealousy, envy, moral superiority, greed, and even altruism. You might feel jealous someone else got that opportunity, or take quiet pride in thinking you’re better because your motivations seem purer. But it all comes from the same root: pride. It’s the original sin before the original sin. The belief that we’re more important than we are. The opposite of humility. Nearly every problem in human history can be traced back to pride. Even greed wouldn’t exist without it, because “not enough” only exists when there’s something to compare ourselves to and be proud of. C.S. Lewis wrote, “Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.” Learning gratitude and humility is a daily effort. The funny thing is, the moment you start to feel like you’ve achieved gratitude or humility, pride is already creeping back in.