http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2008/05/the-true-woman-chapter-8-purity.html Loving simple, natural, and intentional living Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:04:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2008/05/the-true-woman-chapter-8-purity.html/comment-page-1#comment-1830 Madeleine Tue, 27 May 2008 18:46:04 +0000 http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/?p=624#comment-1830 In my life pride is a central problem and I actually did appreciate your post, Lindsay, about your educational journey and the sudden longing to achieve more and more. I think this is my problem, too. On the one hand it is good to be ambitious because without ambition you do not achieve your goals, do not pass exams with good grades. But on the other hand being focused on success and academic results can lead us into the temptation of pride and self-centeredness. I start being proud because I am good at what I am doing. And even if I conceal ugly feelings like the feeling of superiority toward other people, I know that I do have these feelings very often. Sometimes, when we fall and when we fail we get in one moment a realistic picture of the true self. Perhaps these failures make us humble - for some weeks. I pray for a humble attitude. Last week I was critized very much and some aspects seemed to be not very just in my opinion. The person who critized me is a someone very kind with a liking for me. I tried to welcome these words as a blessing, as a welcome hubling experience for my pride. Of course it is difficult and torturing not to justify myself. But perhaps these situations can be a great blessing - and a lesson in "pride". Although I fail in many situations like these, last week I was able to resist the wish to justify and to give in. Later I felt relieved to experience this... In my life pride is a central problem and I actually did appreciate your post, Lindsay, about your educational journey and the sudden longing to achieve more and more. I think this is my problem, too. On the one hand it is good to be ambitious because without ambition you do not achieve your goals, do not pass exams with good grades.
But on the other hand being focused on success and academic results can lead us into the temptation of pride and self-centeredness.
I start being proud because I am good at what I am doing. And even if I conceal ugly feelings like the feeling of superiority toward other people, I know that I do have these feelings very often.
Sometimes, when we fall and when we fail we get in one moment a realistic picture of the true self. Perhaps these failures make us humble – for some weeks.
I pray for a humble attitude. Last week I was critized very much and some aspects seemed to be not very just in my opinion. The person who critized me is a someone very kind with a liking for me. I tried to welcome these words as a blessing, as a welcome hubling experience for my pride. Of course it is difficult and torturing not to justify myself. But perhaps these situations can be a great blessing – and a lesson in “pride”. Although I fail in many situations like these, last week I was able to resist the wish to justify and to give in. Later I felt relieved to experience this…

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