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Today is the fifth cartoon in my series on the Seven Deadly Sins.
This one is a tricky one. I think Pride tends to get a bad rap among the sins world. A healthy dose of pride can be good for many people. Whether it be National Pride, Gay Pride, or simply Pride that you weren’t so stupid that despite other’s belief that you wouldn’t, you got a degree.
But as always too much of a good thing is bad. A strong belief in yourself is great. So strong a belief that you come off that you are better than everyone else or their opinion isn’t just as valid as yours is bad.
Nicely put. I agree….
Of course you do…I am never wrong..haha
Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful…. Hate me because I’m better than you! (Our college slogan at the University of Western Ontario) LOL
Really…b/c we just said “don’t hate me because I am beautiful, smart, sophisticated…
Pride comes in a lot of packages. Personally I am most proud of my humility.
You would you braggard
thumbs up for bo on this clever comment!
Pride cometh before the fall. Glad is good. Pride bad.
Thanks for stopping by sh.
By the way you were the 14,999th visitor to my site. I waited a while to come back to see who the 15,000 visitor would be and I was on a different computer and it counted me so I am the 15,000 visitor to my site. I get to keep the million dollars I wish I could give away. Now I have to go and see if I can find it.
Well thanks for telling me I was even in the running.
Yeah, I definitely think pride is one of those things that really can go both ways. Perhaps it is the distinction between self-confidence and pride though, with the former being the healthy version of pride.
I think you hit the head on the nail in that it is more when ones pride gets in the way of accepting others or judging others that it really becomes a problem.
Good to have you join the conversation Roger. The problem is that people never think they crossed that line.
ppffft dont hate the player..hate the game.. 😛 hehe
Yes…Ms. Peacock..haha
I think the deadly sin of pride needs to be renamed ’cause these days we tend to refer to it as arrogance. Even an overweening pride is somewhat tolerable, but arrogance burns.
Probably right. Pride doesn’t seem to have the teeth that Arrogance has.
Pride? Sheez, I lost that years ago. In a bar I can’t rightly recall 🙂
Probably had something to do with a wet tshirt contest I am sure.
Seems I have unhealthy doses of pride, anger and hostility?
Well at least you aren’t a glutton. Well maybe a glutton for punishment.
Tell me!
What about Pride (In The Name of Love)?
Guess we’d have to ask Bono.
Great..now I got that song stuck in my head.
You did good considering the difficulty of showing too much pride in a cartoon character with no dialog.
Yes I agree it all about a good balance.
My favorite saying on this is:
“Often in error, never in doubt”
I have no doubt that there is some error in that thinking..haha
i was wondering how you would illustrate this sin. i’ll admit i laughed when i saw the #1 finger!
pride? naw.. i don’t have much. basically i don’t think too highly of myself at all. here’s the difference between me and my other half: i think no one ever wants to know me and he thinks everyone wants to know him. that pretty much sums us up.
Didn’t you just say in the last post that you suffered from “Pride”???
There are a lot of people out there who don’t have enough pride in themselves. Couples who engage in public slanging matches for instance. There was one outside my house a couple of weeks ago screaming insults at each other. I really didn’t want to know he had a small dick and she was a lousy housewife with a fat arse….. have some pride people!
Thinking you might want to move Myra.
Ha,ha,ha. Underworld pride. That’s just not right.
If I am stuck in hell, I would be looking hard for something to be happy about.
i’ve always wanted one of those big foam fingers.
i think i’m the only person who has never had one. and probably the only person who has ever really wanted one.
maybe i just want what i can’t have. HMMMMM
Maybe I’ll make up a collection. Then again, you said you weren’t greedy and now are proving otherwise so forget it.
Baaaa ha ha, I think this is my favorite one so far!
That’s b/c you love staring at yourself in the mirror.
This is a tough one for me because every time I look into a mirror it breaks. 🙂
Leave the mirror looking to your wife.
I have a glove like that but it features an entirely different finger. 😀
The pinky so you can look cool when drinking coffee??