If you want to get things done let go of pride
It doesn’t have to get to a point where life breaks you down to see that pride is nothing but a hindrance. Pride stops you from asking for help. Help which can help you. It stops you from stepping up when there’s a problem. It stops you from giving. Helping others. And most importantly helping yourself.
Why Pride is a big disadvantage in your life
If I was bold a long time ago, I’d be better off than I am today. I am good as a person, but imagine the person I will become a year from now because I let go of pride. But if I had learned what I know now a few years ago. Having let go of pride I’d be a better person today.
If you’re stubborn. There is good stubbornness, and then there is bad stubbornness. For example, not falling victim to peer pressure is good stubbornness. Not doing bad things to yourself is good stubbornness. Say no to self-harm. Having self-control is good stubbornness. And then there’s bad stubbornness. A big ego whereby you will not save yourself from drowning to prove a point. Regrettably, a lot of us have this bad trait which comes at the worst time when letting go of pride is what’s needed then.
Pride destroys your options. If you’re broke and you don’t have money to do something important like feed yourself. Will you go to a place where food is given for free and ask for it? I remember a time when I had a lot of bills and I had no money to buy groceries. At church there’s a place you can go and collect food hampers which are provided by congregants. Instead of going there to collect a hamper I went there and I collected a list of non perishable food items to buy and donate to the less fortunate in church. And yet I was the one who needed the help. Example of stinking pride 101.
Pride is for weak people
If you need help. Let go of pride and ask for it. In time asking for help, and knowing that people who don’t empathize will find it weird when you reach out to them or others for help. As long as it helps you in the end, do it. Pride is not your friend. You can never fix your problems if you don’t acknowledge them. That’s the hardest part of fixing your problems. Confessing to yourself that you have a problem is step number 1. Step 2 is finding the help you need.
Life is all about the steps you take. Either follow your steps to failure. 1 step leads to the second step of carrying on with a bad habit. Or step 3 is you confessing to yourself that this bad habit will hurt your life. Step 4 or 18 can be finding help. Step 7 can be the healing stage. At any level you can choose to do the right thing. Someone is at step one hundred and five, and doing the right thing is good no matter the level you find yourself in.
- Pride is for weak people
Your patience with yourself is important. Take care of yourself and you will succeed. Pride is not your friend so don’t entertain it. Do what is right and you will benefit from it.
Conclusion
What’s stopping you? What’s preventing your growth? If you don’t do something about it you will fail. So do something about it and fix your life.
