We all have areas in our lives that we feel tremendous pride about--those are areas in life that bring us a feeling of exhilaration, joy, satisfaction and strength. Yet, sometimes, that pride can become too great and blind us from the reality of a situation.
For example, perhaps you were once an expert at a specific strategy or skill. You gained a lot of kudos for your work in that area and people looked up to you. If you don't continue to think deeply about who you are and what that strength is, you could end up being overly proud and somewhat blinded to the reality of the situation. This can greatly work against you.
When pride becomes too great, you become less significant and more bothersome to those around you. In a sense, you become a blockade to others strength, promise and good ideas. It's not that you have to step aside, but instead that you have to share the stage acknowledging that there are others who bring with them importance and value, not you alone.
Plus, when your pride persists in ways that are not cognizant of the people and events around you, that pride may make you an insensitive bully focused solely on self rather than others. This kind of pride imprisons you and cuts you off from others rather than increasing your camaraderie and sociability.
Overtime our lives change and with those changes we have to think about who we are and how we connect to one another. It's okay to be proud of your strengths, but you have to be careful that your pride does not become more important than the actual strengths or service that pride represented in the first place. Onward.