03 November 11 - 09:26
Pride
Why is it that we are too proud to talk about our problems openly with our friends and family when the issues are not so nice? Issues like abuse, addiction, and affairs. We as society are taught that these things are bad and we shouldn’t talk about them. Maybe if we all forgot about our pride and talked about these issues they would happen less.
Why is it our pride that stands in the way? Cause we want to be good self-respecting people. But if we want to be self-respecting then shouldn’t we get rid of the issues that disrespect us. Our pride is such that is becomes arrogance and offensive and with that comes the stupidity. If we would only talk openly about the issues we would realize as a society that they are a problem.
Being prideful makes us afraid that if we do talk about these issues that society is going to look down upon us. Often when we make the wrong choices we are afraid of the passing of judgment from others.
As young children we are that that we allowed or have to make mistakes in order to learn. When we are adults we are afraid to share our mistakes because we should have known better… should have made better choices.
The reality is that so many of us are making the same mistakes cause no one is willing to set their pride aside to teach that this can happen that, that these issues are real. So the cycle continues. The mistakes are made, no one talks, no one learns and in the end others make the same mistakes again and again. So our individual pride stands in the way of helping society to solve the problems that are happening more and more often in that society.
Somewhere along the line of growing up we have forgotten that in order to get the right answers we may have to get a few wrong answers and that’s alright.
Society needs to change its idea about taboo topics. To make those changes, we as individuals have to do our part by putting out pride aside and talking about those things. The may not be nice topics and we may get emotional and hurt. Our experiences may help someone to know that they are not alone and give them a chance to learn from our already made mistakes before they make the same ones. But the individual has to stand alone only until the next individual stands with him. And they have to continue to stand until society as a whole has made a stand and if this can happen then change can and will occur.
So right now I am putting away my pride and making a stand, will you stand with me?
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