Pride goeth before the fall...

[redvelvet]

Re: Pride goeth before the fall…

@Sara516

I ponder this alot too…to what extent is pride helpful before ti turns harmful?

Let’s say there’s a friend that hardly ever initiates contact, you’re the one to do it…after a point, you start to think, ok let them contact me…so a week, a month, 2 months can pass by and nothing from them…at that point you think..forget it, I am never contacting them again…but then, idk, you start missing them and decide that tis not that big of a deal and contact them.

Some amount of pride in the form of self-respect is necessary and healthy. I think that when your pride prevents you from listening to other people, prevents you from considering their views, frequently prevents you from giving others the benefit of the doubt, prevents you from communicating respectfully, prevents you from respecting the boundaries/limits of other people, prevents you from admitting mistakes to yourself and others, and prevents you from apologizing…it’s reached a harmful stage, especially if these behaviors happen often.