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Pride - the enemy of forgiveness

April 23, 2009 by ianr   comments (2)

forgiveness, pride, fear

Often today, people find it hard to admit their own faults. Instead of realizing their own wrongdoing, some tend to point their fingers in the directions of other parties. This is often in the form of fear, but in some cases this is coupled with something worse... Pride.

Pride is often thought of as having faith or trust in something or someone, for example a person may have a pride in a local sports team. This is a lighthearted use of the term. The other use of the word signifies an ignorance that blocks one from thinking they could do any wrong. A proud person often blindly accepts that they would never do anything wrong. Life would be so much easier for many people if people admitted their own faults. You can see the overabundance of pride in the world today by looking at all the conflicts that are going on... yet conflicts have been going on since the beginning of time; it may be wise for this to be one lesson for us to learn at some point. In doing this we may be able to forgive and forget.

This raises a great point about how a few current celebs and athletes believe that they can get away with anything based on their public persona and popularity. Many believe that public figures hold much social responsibility given their status.

Should athletes and celebrities be EXTRA careful about how they conduct themselves on the field/camera as well as off? I believe so!

Great commentary, Ian.

Kyle 1017 days ago

I feel bad for those people in the constant spotlight, especially for reasons you've just stated... its also too bad that they have to use that extra caution for being the figureheads they are. I guess that's just the price you pay for fame.

ianr 1013 days ago