Knowing your self-worth over pride

What is pride?

Upon looking on the installed thesaurus: “self-importance”, satisfaction; self-respect, dignity, self –esteem, and honor.

Then, what is pride..? Some say that it is better to lose your self-pride rather than your love; for your pride will get you nowhere if true love exists.  ..  However, there are times we shall give way for your pride and let it rule, to know your self- worth and importance. .. No one can give yourself a better self-worth and self-importance rather than yourself. Likewise, no one can ever respect you, if you too cannot respect yourself. No person is below of value, especially that we all have been paid ‘by blood’ by our God. If you love yourself, then you also ought to respect yourself and respect your worth. We should not settle for anything less.

Now what is self-worthy..?

Again upon looking on the installed thesaurus: valuable, PRECIOUS.

We are indeed precious. We are all one of a kind. We are all unique.  We are all special. We are human beings, thus, we shall only compare ourselves only to fellow human beings; not less. Not to things, inanimate objects, not to anything else. For in these, it is us only human beings who gives them value, but those things cannot give that value back. That value ends in them. So why compare yourself to inanimate objects? Since from the start, they don’t even have “life”. They may have soul or spirit as some may say, but they cannot breathe like you do. God made u something better than that. And if anything else, God gave Man the dominion over all things and creatures that He has made on this earth and on His creations.

Between self-worthy and pride, self-worthy cannot be bargained for. Pride may be, but self-worth cannot and ought not. .. How can you expect people to respect you if you cannot respect yourself? Remember, it is only you who can give and expect much from yourself. No one else can. God has given “yourself” to take care of it and nourish it.

 Can you just give away something that you need just for the sake of another that you only like?

That’s pride. .. but if the other is also a need, then it is for self-worth.

Similarly, can you just simply exchange yourself for another if all your life you have been taking care of it more or less? No, you should not. You ought not. For if you do, then you have reduced yourself into less or nothing.

If by chance you lost “yourself” along the way, find it. Look for it. Only you can do so for yourself, for it is only you who knows yourself too well besides from God.

“And if you find you, come back to me”