If we base the meaning of the word to how Webster defined it, we could conclude that pride is synonymous to dignity and self-respect. But unlike these words, we seem to have acquired this notion that pride, or having pride, is something negative. People often say to me, "lower your pride" or "you have too much pride," I ask you, can a person lower his dignity and self-respect? You don't hear people say "lower your dignity" or "you have too much self-respect," instead you often hear people use the word PRIDE.


Now see PRIDE, is a construct somewhere between pure arrogance and righteous dignity. Its something immeasurable (I've checked), meaning it cannot be quantified. So, saying someone should lower his pride, let alone has too much of it, is somewhat redundant. Like our morals and values, our PRIDE grows and matures, and once it has developed in a certain degree, only a stubborn friend, self-reflection, and a very drastic change in opinion can somehow "lower" it.


Back to my story...


Not that I was too embarrassed to ask for help, but it was more like, I was thinking that I was not "close" enough with some of the people I considered my friend. I know that I should not think this way, but I can't help it. Again, its PRIDE.