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I think it's arrogant to assume...

...just because you haven't seen something that no one else has, either. (Is seeing really believing, anyway?)

...just because you cannot comprehend something means it's incomprehensible. (No one is that smart. Get over yourself.)

...that your experience is any more valid than any one else's. (Life is an amazing array of diversity and complexity. Knowing other's point of view can help broaden horizons and add to one's base of understanding.)

...that you alone possess all truth. (There is One who knows all. He will tell you if you ask.)

...that God owes you anything. (He doesn't.)

...that those who believe in something are being deceived. (How do you know it's not YOU who's being deceived?)

...that because you are not being intellectually stimulated everything is boring or dull. (Whose responsibility is it to stimulate you, anyway?)

...that you have the best taste in everything. (Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Those with faith and hope can see with eyes that perceive the imperceptible.)

...that you are the best driver in the world. (You are not. I am.)

...that the world revolves around you and your needs. (The world revolves around it's own imaginary axis at a speed of 1000 miles an hour. Even the fastest human on earth can only run about 30 MPH. So no, the earth does not revolve around you.)

...that everything should make sense when we want it to. (How boring would that be? Sure, you'd have instant gratification, but where would faith come in to that?)

...that everything should be obvious. (Everything is not obvious because you are not all knowing. It's OK. Neither am I.)

...that there should be no work involved. (And we'd all look like Mr. Olympia without having to go to the gym.)

...that there is no need for patience, faith, hope, or struggle. (Gold does not come out of the mountain pure or easily. It must be refined in order for it to be of real value or worth. In fact, most gold is extracted through a physical - crushing and grinding - and chemical process involving extremely poisonous chemicals - mercury, arsenic, etc - which are then boiled away in extreme heat.)

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Lara Neves said…
Pride manifests in so many different ways ,doesn't it. I really loved this post. And kind of needed to read it.
July 3, 2010 at 2:56 PM
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