PRIDE

Aunty Sarah teaches diction in a primary school. Whenever she’s to lead the assembly, she most times ask the children to sing the magic words song as they match into their various classes following the tune of the song. The children would shout happily each time they got to the main lesson of the song stating ‘’Please, Excuse me, Sorry, Thank you and the last one Pardon me!’’

Each time the children did something wrong, she would refer them back to the song so they could pick one of the magic words that best fit into correcting their  wrongs.

These children began to grow and most of them forgot how to use these words. They didn’t see forgetting the magic words as a big deal and this was why they didn’t find a reason to make a trial in remembering the magic words not to talk of applying them. Consequently, Pride came to replace those words that were opened to correction.

Pride means having too much awareness of your importance. The Greek word of pride is called hubris and hubris says it is a dangerous overconfidence.

The reason some of us find it so difficult to accept our wrongs or say sorry is because we do not want to be seen as the weak fellow.  And this is why there would be statements like ‘’there’s no point me telling her sorry if it’s not coming from my heart’’. If it’s not pride, you will see the point in saying sorry.

As we grow, our ego grows too. If we are not careful, it grows over regards and morals we once understood and applied in our lives. It starts to tell us what to do and how to go about things so others can see us as better when in the real sense, it makes others will see us as weak. Your beliefs are not safe when they do not regard the right things.

Pride ignores a lot of right things, it ignores morals, it is not teachable and it sees that it deserves apologies, praises and care every time from other people. (very funny! what it can’t give to others). Some of us with these  features find it very difficult to say sorry,  we do not see a reason to appreciate someone because we feel like what has the person done that nobody can do or what does the person have that nobody has? 

Many of us didn’t grow up this way, ego just had it’s way. There’s a need for us to be calm.