Proud Is A Word To Be Proud Of Yourself

A sweet and timely story of pride and faith which guides our everyday life.

A friend of mine is facing a battle with Cancer. She writes positive things on her Facebook. One of her friends wrote on it “I am so proud of you, so is God.” Wow, what a dear, sweet and great saying. We all want everyone to be proud of us. When I was a kid, I wanted mom and dad to be proud of me. When I worked as the assistant to the CEO of a big company, I really wanted him to be proud of me and my work. When I met my husband, I wanted him to be proud of me. When I had two children, I wanted them to be proud of me.

Proud is a word to be proud about. When we are proud of ourselves or someone else, it is a nice feeling.

When I danced in 1982 in my first dance competition, I wanted my dance coach to be proud of me. He said he was and I got rewarded with six tall and gorgeous dance trophies, I am so proud of myself even 40 years after winning those first ones, that they still stand ‘proudly’ on shelves in my kitchen. To look at them and to know that I won them, earned them, worked hard for them and they still mean the world to me, is something that I am still proud about.

We all need things or objects to be proud about. Even if you enter a dance competition, a tennis competition, a crafts or sewing event, ride on a bike for charity or walk for a charitable cause; you can be proud of yourself. It is an honor you can bestow on yourself, the feeling of pride and of being someone that you can be proud of- yourself.

Someone said that “pride is pampered vanity.” I do not believe that. To be proud of something you accomplished is not vanity. It is pureness of the soul. You did something, you tried something, and you earned something, which is not vanity. That is being loyal to yourself for what you did or what you accomplished. Anyone who tells you differently must not have any pride in something they ever achieved.

One who sees in others good things that the other person does and can be gracious in telling him or her that has something to be proud of. If you can disseminate words of praise or showing you are proud of someone for something they earned; then you yourself have decent qualities in your soul and therefore you have something to be proud of too.

Emily Dickinson said “To lose one’s faith surpasses

The loss of an estate because estates can be replenished-and faith cannot.”

Faith is another great word.Henry Amiel said “faith is an instinct for it precedes all outward instruction.” I guess that means to have faith, you have to think about it, before the event or happening, whatever that may be.

So I see where faith and being proud can be put together as almost one. If you have faith that you can entrust yourself to do something and you have faith in yourself; then you have earned being proud of yourself. It can be anything you do. Even if it may seem small to you, it is still a big endeavor you did and for that, always have pride about yourself, always be proud of yourself and always remember that doing this showed you had faith and faith is what it is always about. Be proud of yourself and so is God.

When I came from the gynecologist’s office, she said “you are fine, stay pretty.”

Have faith and pride every day of your life and stay pretty. Pretty in face, pretty in attitude and pretty full of faith and competence.