Harmful pride. Synonym for arrogance [ Eng- Esp].

Today I want to talk to you about that negative pride that is counterproductive and leaves us with a kind of tastelessness, because when we experience it we see ourselves somehow being easy prey to arrogance. I believe that at some point each one of us has felt this kind of emotion that at some point overcomes us, with which to deal is not easy and if we are not careful we can become beings full of arrogance.

Sometimes we have this tendency to think that everything we do is right, is well done and that no one could do it better than us, it is as if someone was telling us that we are merely perfect, perhaps knowledge, academic achievements and the way we lead our lives, which has wrapped us in a kind of subtle arrogance and we have not even noticed. I'll be honest, I've met people who live like this and I don't think they even realize it, they constantly flatter themselves, highlight their achievements at every moment and of course can't stop saying how important they are in other people's lives.

It is as if, in some way, they are extremely egotistical, people who say that they do everything themselves and always feel superior. When I have come to share with people who are overly arrogant I have realized that they lack self-confidence, maybe this may sound strange, but I think the more you talk about something is because you have this need to convince yourself that it is really true and you need to somehow project this.

Perhaps, proud people feel that it is a kind of shield that helps them to protect themselves from the world and not to show the insecurities that afflict them. Meanwhile, arrogance has taken over their lives and they have learned to live through it, showing that it is the only weapon with which they can face the world, but how true is this? I think we can all conclude that arrogance is not the way out, rather encouraging it, turns us into people that many avoid, since not everyone is willing to live or share, with someone who only feels happy with their achievements and maximizes them, becoming someone unbearable.

Hoy quiero hablarles de ese orgullo negativo que es contraproducente y nos deja una especie de sin sabor, ya que cuando lo experimentamos nos vemos de algún modo siendo presa fácil de la arrogancia. Creo que en algún momento cada uno de nosotros ha llegado a sentir este tipo de emoción que en un punto nos sobrepasa, con la cual lidiar no es sencillo y si no tenemos cuidado nos puede llegar a convertir en seres llenos de soberbia.

A veces tenemos esa tendencia a pensar, que todo cuanto hacemos es correcto, está bien realizado y que nadie lo podría hacer mejor que nosotros, es como si alguien nos estuviese diciendo que somos meramente perfectos, tal vez el conocimiento, los logros académicos y la manera de llevar nuestra vida, que nos ha envuelto en una especie de arrogancia sutil y no nos hemos percatado siquiera. Seré honesta, he conocido personas que viven así y creo que ni cuenta se dan, se halagan constantemente, resaltan sus logros a cada instante y por supuesto no pueden dejar de decir lo importante que son en la vida de otros.

Es como si, de algún modo, fuesen extremadamente yoistas, personas que dicen que todo lo hacen ellos y siempre se sienten superiores. Cuando he llegado a compartir con personas que son por demás soberbias me he dado cuenta, que carecen de autoconfianza, tal vez esto pueda sonar extraño, pero creo que entre más hablas de algo es porque tienes esa necesidad de convencerte a ti mismo, que es realmente cierto y necesitas de cierta manera proyectar esto.

Tal vez, las personas orgullosas, sienten que es una especie de escudo que los ayuda a protegerse del mundo y no mostrar las inseguridades que los aquejan. En tanto, la arrogancia se apoderó de sus vidas y han aprendido a vivir a través de ella, mostrando que es la única arma con la cual pueden afrontar el mundo, pero ¿Qué tan cierto es esto? Creo que todos podemos concluir que la arrogancia no es la salida, más bien fomentarla, nos convierte en personas que muchos evitan, ya que no todos están dispuestos a convivir o compartir, con alguien que solo se siente feliz con sus logros y los maximiza, llegando a convertirse en alguien insoportable.

Consequently, excessive pride only brings negative results, although it is true that reaching objectives and achieving goals is something worth celebrating, we must keep in mind that the best way to cultivate good qualities in us is to recognize that we all have the same capabilities and not pretend that because of some kind of merit, these things we have achieved are used to overshadow and minimize others.

Because of this, it only makes us forget the importance of keeping in mind aspects that give us a much more harmonious vision of life, which are the following: