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 %SAFE SECURE HEALTHY INTEGRITY PRIDE HUMILITY LOVE+931226
 %RISK TRUST ULTIMATE IMPORTANCE PRIORITY GOOD EVIL 931226

     Whether  pride  is safe,   secure,   healthy,   good,
integrative  and  worthy of great respect depends upon the
focus  of  the  pride and what is implied  by  the  pride.
There is good reason for the saying,  "Pride goes before a
fall."    At the same time we cannot be healthy people  of
integrity  in communities of integrity if we lack  healthy
self esteem and integrative forms of pride.   How then can
we tell the difference between healthy pride and unhealthy
pride?

     There is great danger when pride undermines:

Humility     Balance      Tolerance    Honesty  Trust

Friendship   Dialogue     Listening    Love     Respect

Affection    Generosity   Cooperation  Health   Integrity.


     When pride undermines personal and communal integrity
there is great danger and pride does not merit our respect
or tolerance.  Such pride is dangerous.   When pride  does
not  undermine the  above  elements  of  both personal and
communal integrity;  only then is it healthy and worthy of
our respect and tolerance.

     People   often   show  respect  and  tolerance    for
unhealthy pride.    Pride is not worthy of our respect and
tolerance just  because  other  people  show  respect  and
tolerance towards  particular examples of unhealthy pride.
Going   with   the  flow of public opinion is  not  always
worthy  of  respect  and  tolerance.     Crowds  often  do
terrible  things.   Even crowds of highly respectable  and
sophisticated  people  do terrible things with both  pride
and arrogance.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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