pride

 ———————————–       Two senior citizens were talking about the wisdom and humility that come with age.  One said, “When I was young, I was very proud.  My pride caused me to worry all the time about what other people thought about me.  When I got older I said to myself, ‘I don’t care what they […]

——————————– Yes, I know one doesn’t even want to be cured of one’s pride because it gives pleasure.  But the pleasure of pride is like the pleasure of scratching.  If there is an itch, one does want to scratch:  but it is much nicer to have neither the itch nor the scratch.  As long as