Pride Aimed At Destruction Of Others
July 22, 2008 by Mark
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
My friend asked and I’ll try…
My first thought relating to how pride aims at the destruction of others comes from the term “character assassination.”
Suppose for a moment that you’ve worked on a project for your company for months finally arriving at what you believe in your heart is a magnificent piece of work.
Your co-worker has also worked on a similar project and has the same feelings about his/hers.
The boss chooses their project for the honors. And you begin a campaign of character assassination maligning anything good about your fellow worker, raising doubt about anything they’ve ever accomplished. You tell everybody willing to listen how your co-worker is nothing more than a dirty so-and-so, a cheat, a philanderer, a thief and on and on…
That is pride aimed at the destruction of another, imho. Alcoholics are quite talented at this sad mental twist.
I feel pride when I struggle to make an amends. When the desire to lash back because someone on my crew mouths off at me. When I’m moping because there is no one to help me set up for a meeting. When I become unteachable. When I refuse to talk to my partner until she talks first.
And on and on and on.
Your blog keeps showing me things about myself that I need to see. Lots of food for thought. Thank you.
Thank you for the nice words
I try to keep it real. Of course I find differing opinions but I like yours better lol…
Thank you for the example, it has clarified the issue for me.