The Two Masks Of Pride
Pride is a coin that you flip. However, in this case, the result does not depend on chance. The two faces do not mean the same thing. Not even something like that, they are not winter or summer, not salty or sweet, not even all or nothing.
A sadness and another courage. One loss and pity, the other strength and courage.
The face of stubbornness and daring
We are talking about the pride that blinds you and prevents you from recognizing what you have already seen, even that you have regretted, but that you allow it to stain your fingers rather than appear weak.
They do not educate us to feel the right to be wrong. We walk through a competitive world in which there are frowned upon and frowned upon defects, in which recognizing one of the former seems to put you at a disadvantage to win. The question what we want to win, but that is another story …
Thus, of the defects frowned rarely you can speak; meanwhile, in the well-regarded we cradle ourselves thinking that they are a sufficient guarantee for others to see us as human and not suspect that we are not honest, false or actors in the theater of life.
It does not distinguish between the important and the banal. It is capable of moving deaf to all warning signs and neglecting touch, because it is insensitive to everything. A coward with a brave name …
Enemy of self-criticism, this face often ends up making us incoherent in front of everyone, even in front of us. But we think that we can afford to be, since we prefer to deal with that dissonance before with a precedent that someone can remind us of.
The other face, that of me, that of what matters to me and configures me
The one that means the rebirth of the phoenix or the last resort before rendering defeat. The one that prevents us from bending our nails or breaking our teeth when we have used them to hold on to life and not let go.
But .., being so different, why do they configure the same currency?
Because both are born to protect the self, to protect our image and what we want to be. Sometimes wrong and sometimes right. But, is that pride is human. In fact, he is genuinely human.
Do not be afraid to stop his feet when you feel that he can hurt, in those cases courage has more to do with undressing and airing the wound. Even if it stings, it will heal sooner and will not become infected. Even the people you care about may
Any pride can use an exercise in confession from time to time. One of those that cost and that provide you with an interior cleaning, removing winds and storms to sow again.
On the other hand, take care of your self-esteem and write down the achievements you achieve. Every morning have a few grams of hope in yourself with coffee. That bet is worth more than any other.
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