The Frog and the Geese
Have you ever been around someone who is so taken with his own importance that he thinks he is a legend in his own mind? He is full of pride. He or she could be a child or an adult and after a while, you get tired of being around this person or this child.
There was someone who has said, "Pride grows like lard on a pig." Wow! That's a very fitting description. Those who are proud draw attention to themselves or try to make other people's lives revolve around them.
They want the center of attraction and attention.
Let me tell you a little story.
There was a frog who envied the ability of geese to fly. One day he convinced two geese to put a strong stick between their beaks. He told them that they could fly in close formation with the stick firmly between them.
He suggested that once he put his mouth on the stick they can start flying out.
Then with his mouth, he firmly grabbed the stick and the geese took off.
The frog was flying! The first to defy the law of gravity. However, when the geese flew over a village, the people looked up in amazement.
"What a clever frog!" they exclaimed. "We've never seen the frog fly before. Whoever devised such an ingenious way for a frog to fly?"
But of course, the frog could not resist the impulse of pride. Right away he opened his mouth and said, "I did! ...Ahhhhhh!" Opening his mouth to claim the applause, he let go of his clenched-mouth grip on the stick. Pride went before the fall.
We think the opposite of pride is humility and yet how quickly we become proud of being humble. Pride is a poison that pervades our being. It requires a daily antidote. The purging of the antidote is radical.
It begins its work when we admit to ourselves that pride is an idol in our hearts. Pride is really trying our emptiness with self-love. When we are filled with pride, we will end up in the audience rather than being the producer and director of our own play.
So many relationships ended up broken because of pride be it family, personal or professional No one seems to admit their faults and continue to evade the wrong that they have done.
It is just as easy to apologize, say sorry if you had done inappropriate behavior rather than let it linger on and eventually cause the condition worst than what it was.
We have heard so many family members who had neglected to make amends and ended up feeling guilt afterward when the other party passed away. That is a serious situation. Peace will never be achieved by that other person involved.
Pride will cost you everything and leave you totally with nothing and then feeling sorry for yourself after. It is always a matter of choice.
What about you? Do you know of anyone like this frog above?
Do you have to make amends with anyone that you keep putting off?
Would a simple, "I'm sorry" be hard for you to say just to make peace?
My dear WA Family, thank you for your precious time reading this blog and hope you had taken out something of grave importance that can be applied to your own life or the life of others.
Be well, be kind and be at peace.
God bless you all.
I love you all dearly.
Elizabeth
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good job, you can have more friendships by helping people with thier needs than trying to impress them how great your are. limelight fades in time but good deeds last forever
That is very well put, Leroy.
Thank you so much and I'd
like to let you know that you
are so appreciated as well.
Blessings.
Elizabeth
Thanks for the sharing Great Lady Elizabeth. I think what you mean in this blog is arrogance rather than pride. Since pride is more associated with a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired. It also means a consciousness of one's dignity.
This is just a point of view. It may be right or wrong. I hope I didn't misunderstand your message Lady Elizabeth.
My dear Zouggar,
You are so sweet. Thank you so much.
The pride is truly what you described
here just like the frog because he had
accomplished his dream of being able
to fly.
Because of that, he could not wait to
show off and get the praise that is why
when he opened his mouth, he lost his
grip and fell down.
He has an excessively high opinion of
himself or his own importance.
Arrogance refers to excessive, and
overbearing pride. Just like the frog
and the geese. The frog thought if
not for him this feat of theirs would
not be accomplished.
He would not even think about the
team work that involved in achieving
the desired goal.
I do not know if I am making sense
here.
Anyway, thank you, Zouggar.
Elizabeth
So we should not give too much importance to ourselves after achieving any goal, and forget the people who helped us in realizing this success.
Thanks for more explanation Elizabeth.
Oh no, not that.
Sorry, I did not make myself
clear here.
Of course, you have to take
credit for yourself... it is your
effort and your own time but
at the same time no one and
I mean no one succeeds alone.
There is always someone or
some people who had helped
you all the way to be where you
are in your life right now, success
wise.
We cannot forget them especially
if they had given their all to us to
render their utmost help to attain
our most desired goals and dreams.
What is inappropriate is forgetting
those people who were there for
you to uphold and uplift you during
the times that you most needed help.
Eventually, it will fall back on you and
you wouldn't want that to happen to
you either.
Not because you had accomplished
your desired dreams and goals you
become so cocky now that you just
have so much high regard for yourself
for such accomplishments and not even
thinking about those who were with
you during these trials and tribulations.
We were not be where we are right now
if not for those others who were there for
us in our journey to our own destiny.
Sorry for the long message.
Thank you, Zouggar.
Elizabeth
I agree with you a hundred per cent Great Lady Elizabeth. This is what I want to mean by my last answer. Maybe I didn't express it well.
Thank you very much for taking some from your valuable time, and give answers to my inquiries, which makes things more clear and obvious.
Thank you, my dear Zouggar.
Just to show that like minds think alike.
You're so consciously evolved and I do
appreciate you.
Have a blessed day.
Elizabeth
I like it, I love you, dearest Elizabeth.
Now you all's, don't frog et this message!
Keep that frog out of your throat or let it stop you
from saying, "I'm sorry, Please forgive me, Thank you, I love you", Rinse and repeat.
Repeat your Hou Oo Pono Pono ancient Hawaiian wisdom.
These words fix (Dah kine slangy slang, skip) anything
Just Zaying, vau hoene, blow kiss, Suzay
Yes, Auntie,
"I'm sorry, Please forgive me, Thank you, I love you"
Aww! That is my mantra but I add another one to that.
"I bless you!
Thank you, Auntie and I love you dearly.
Muuuaaahhh!!!
Elizabeth
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Thank you for sharing this awesome post Elizabeth. I think most people don't really want to associate with someone who is always lifting his own chair or people who are proud and arrogant. There might be a few who can tolerate this sort of people. Well if you can't avoid them just listen to them, after all they just want to get more of your attention.
Hahaha, you got it, my dear.
Very well put.
Though sometimes it is too
much and you just get tired
listening to their so-called
accomplishments and a lot
of dramas.
Thank you my dear and so
great to see you again.
Blessings.
Elizabeth