Granddaughter Madi, after failing last year, tried out for cheerleader and succeeded this week. She could have given up, but instead, she cheerfully cheer-led herself to say, "Don't worry. I'll just try out again next year." To a thirteen year old, a year is a very, very long time, but she rededicated herself to gymnastics. No family get-together during the past year was complete without some flipping and flopping and jumping. She lived, ate, and breathed her goal. Madi had not been a toddler-gymnast, but instead, had joined the club later on. And truthfully, last year's jumps and confidence lagged some. Then came rededication, and after the additional year, she could do four flips and jump higher and smoother, and her confidence soared, which no doubt secured her place on the cheer squad this time. Prouder of her dedication than her reward, I know how well this lesson will serve her the rest of her life.
Daughter Tania presides over a husband and teenagers; she has changed jobs more often than she has changed her hairdos, which is considerable. Tania returned to college a few of years ago, earned her BS in IT, and worked a job, which offered her little financial reward. As entry-level sales staffer at the local radio station, she committed to hard work, which finally paid off: she got her own talk show; she became station manager of not only the local radio station, but several others; and she received a financial incentive package, making made those very, very difficult three years, worth every effort. A talker and singer since toddlerdom, she now utilizes all her best skills as she writes and sings jingles, talks, sells, and confidently manages a staff.
Prouder of her dedication than her reward, I know how well this lesson will serve her the rest of her life.
Daughter Darcy's work and living arrangements had floundered worse than my own; then, she and her husband returned to college a few years ago. Mastering levels of difficulty such as one vehicle and bus schedules for a two student household, job schedules, and a cat, she will soon receive her Masters degree in English and, along with coveted awards in her program, will receive a doctoral fellowship to continue on with her pursuits. Dr. Darcy, I presume, soon to come. Prouder of her dedication than her rewards, I know how well this lesson will serve her the rest of her life.
With each generation, we hope to impart our lessons--gained during our own lives--impart them fast enough so the recipient does not have to make the same mistakes. And yet, we know those lessons are best ascertained from personal experience: good and bad. In my world of education, where I see and hear, "I don't care," on too many levels, it joyously fills me to know three people in my family this week, do care. Their hard work and dedication paid off and gave them so much more than their rewards.
Keeping a perceived, higher wisdom to one's self is never easy, but pride does rise to the top, just like the cream, and, so far, no destruction.
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1 – 200 of 278 Newer› Newest»This is great, Schahara! I'm PROUD of you, too! I didn't know you did writing - what kind(s) do you do? I've felt such a strong call on my life to write for the Lord for some time now & finally have the chance now to make that a reality. So, I'm starting down that long road as well, one step at a time. I just started my own blog, not sure why it is necessary as I'd much rather do e-mail!! But to be a success at this career, they tell me this is necessary. Can't do any harm, at least! My blog is at http://bellewrites4him.blogspot.com. If you have time at some point to read some of my comments, would appreciate your feedback, too! God tells us to take pride in what we do, just becomes a sin when we get it out of whack with who is the author of our success!! I take pride in what you are doing & look forward to more of it. Not sure how to "become a follower" but will figure it out soon. My blog is focused primarily on my writing & the insights God has given me through it, particularly the Christian historical romance novel I'm writing now. Has been an interesting journey, still have a ways to go yet! Blessings to you all from the Drumbs!!
Schahara,
Thank you for this post! It touched me, and you should absolutely be proud of their dedication and accomplishments. Love you and your family!
Juli Beth
I'm on board. You are absolutely right that the trip is more important than the destination. In my case it has been a fantastic trip so far but might have been even better if I had a more specific destination in mind before I started learning to enjoy the trip for it's own sake. By taking full blame for the bad things in my life I am comfortable feeling proud of the good things. Pride is good if it is not misplaced. You have much to be proud of. Like most of your loopy friends I am proud to know you and Rusty.
Laura, I hear you! The writing journey seems to be much easier than the editing journey. Years and years of editing other people's work does not a writer make! (speaking about myself) So, it is a journey for sure. Let's continue on and learn all we can.
Thanks mom! What a beautiful blog. Life's lessons, though not always easy pills to swallow, are there for a reason. I'm very proud of what we've accomplished and don't think we don't know who first imparted those lessons to us so long ago! Love you!
What a wonderful writer you are and how proud you must be of those three you spoke of in your blog! Thanks for sharing that with the rest of us - Gives me something to share with my 13 year old who has almost given up on his dream of playing basketball in school!!
The lesson here is to keep persevering to achieve your goals, taking pride in what you do and picking yourself up when you fail. There are worse things in life than failing and that is giving up!
Dear Schahara:
With all the negative aspects of our world today, I've been feeling less than motivated in many areas of my life. After reading your article and the repeated phrase "Prouder of her dedication than her reward, I know how well this lesson will serve her the rest of her life", I realize lately I have not committed myself to the journey of my endeavors, only to the destination or "reward".
I've made a conscious decision to choose three things I want to excel in this year and work at them not for the end result, necessarily, but for the pure joy of knowing I put the effort in no matter what the outcome. I expect surprises await!!
Thanks for writing and inspiring others to work at their goals!
Way to go, Madi, Darcy & Tania!
Love you, Sis!
Schaunon
I love it, Schahara. What inspiring words and how proud you obviously are. I've always admired your writings, and this is no exception. Keep up the good work. You and Rusty are great friends!
Kitty
I also had a week of pride last week. All except two people from my basketball team did track this year which showed me that most of our team is willing to work hard. They weren’t forced by any of us to do track. Every one of us made it to the area track meet. They worked extremely hard and made it out in throwing events, the mile relay, and the eight hundred meter relay. All of these require a lot of practice and hard work. I’m very proud of my friends for putting forth the effort to run these relays to help each other advance.
As I was reading your post, all I could think of is that my hard work and dedication has really not paid off. It is nice to hear about your family reaping good things from what they have sown. But I hesitate to believe if success is possible for all those who work hard. People do not always get what they deserve, which could be a good or bad thing. On one hand, we have all fallen short and the penalty is death, but through grace we have been redeemed and do not get what we deserve: eternal damnation. On the other hand, sometimes it seems that we toil and work trying to do good and receive little reward here on earth. But we are also taught that our reward is in the other heaven, I sure hope so.
As I was reading your post, all I could think of is that my hard work and dedication has really not paid off. It is nice to hear about your family reaping good things from what they have sown. But I hesitate to believe if success is possible for all those who work hard. People do not always get what they deserve, which could be a good or bad thing. On one hand, we have all fallen short and the penalty is death, but through grace we have been redeemed and do not get what we deserve: eternal damnation. On the other hand, sometimes it seems that we toil and work trying to do good and receive little reward here on earth. But we are also taught that our reward is in the other heaven, I sure hope so.
"Keeping a perceived, higher wisdom to one's self is never easy, but pride does rise to the top, just like the cream, and, so far, no destruction." This post is not only motivational; it is true to life and has many words of wisdom. One does not always accumulate love from affection, nor does one gain power from knowledge. But with hard work and dedication one always gets the job done. I have found this to be extremely true in life. I will soon be starting college away from home in the fall, and I know with this in my memory I will soar with my eyes only on the prize, which with hard work will soon be pride!
It sounds like you have a family very worth being proud of. Madi’s, Tania’s and Darcy’s senses of dedication are definitely uncommon these days. I’m glad they’ve all decided what they want to do and are reaching towards that goal. Everybody has to have something to strive for or else we feel like we don’t have a purpose in life. I don’t know if there’s a way to teach our generation all of the life skills we need to know before we make mistakes, but it’s good to know at least someone’s trying. I agree that achievements are just rewards for hard work.
The quote “pride goeth before destruction”, I’ve never even heard it. Bad things happen whether we are proud of somebody or not. We shouldn’t be afraid to be proud because bad things will happen after; we should be proud and show how proud we are right then. Pride in yourself can get you a long way, but it could also make you sound conceited so when we are proud of ourselves we should show it, just not too much. Pride in other people however, is something that we shouldn’t try to control. If we are proud of them, we should show it that way they know we really care.
About your granddaughter Madi, it is really good to be proud of achievements, like working to become a cheerleader and succeeding. Another thing to be proud of, and it is apparent that you are, is her dedication and willingness to work hard and achieve her goal instead of giving up like many would have done. Dedication is a very good life skill and you should be proud of that. It will help her succeed in the future. It seems like your whole family is filled with hard workers who are dedicated. That is a very good thing and worthy to be proud of.
Your views on pride are very well thought out. I agree with the part that you said about the dedication is what made the accomplishment so wonderful. There is also another kind of pride that you did not talk about though. The kind of pride that makes people see themselves above and beyond others. The kind of pride that I think your granddaughter will get if she continues with her cheerleading career. Pride is full of things that can lead to destruction. I think that you are right about that. The pride that they have though, the pride of their accomplishments is an alright thing. Last night my softball team won the district championship and our team/coach was filled with pride. Pride can lead to destruction but it can also lead to joy.
Monday and Tuesday I had regional golf in Lubbock. I shot 87 both days which isn’t much to be proud of because I should have done quite a bit better, but there was this one shot in particular that made me very proud. After I hit this shot I didn’t care about how bad I was playing, because at that moment I felt like Tiger Woods. It was a par five that doglegged right and I tried to cut across the corner on my tee shot, but I didn’t quite make it past the second group of trees. I was over 220 yards out and behind a tree line that went all the way down to the green. I decided to hit my 4 iron so I could have enough loft to get it over the trees. I hit it exactly how I planned. I started it out going down the tree line, but put just enough spin on it to fade it over the trees right short of the green. If I hadn’t meant to fade it over the trees I wouldn’t be able to be proud of it because it would have been an accident, but since I planned it to happen that way I can be proud.
Mrs. Hudelson I really enjoyed reading your blog over pride. I was delighted to read that three of your family members have succeeded in their lives and didn't stop following their goals because of the road blocks that were put in their way. Instead they kept their heads up, showed pride and continued their paths to success. I can see that perseverance runs in your family and pride is an important element in your family's characteristics. Once I read your blog over pride; it gave me this sensation of wanting to try harder in life and not giving up. It gave me the thought that if I were to fell in my future goals; my pride would be at sake.
Mrs. Hudelson I really enjoyed reading your blog over pride. I was delighted to read that three of your family members have succeeded in their lives and didn't stop following their goals because of the road blocks that were put in their way. Instead they kept their heads up, showed pride and continued their paths to success. I can see that perseverance runs in your family and pride is an important element in your family's characteristics. Once I read your blog over pride; it gave me this sensation of wanting to try harder in life and not give up. It gave me the thought that if I were to fail in my future goals; my pride would be at sake.
I like the point you make about pride and destruction. In my own experiences, I have never seen much of a link between pride and destruction. The closest I've ever come to that was when I competed in UIL Ready Writing last year and refused to edit what I wrote before handing it in. I scored a 26/30 and advanced to regionals, but the judge's comments were less than satisfactory for me and made it rather clear that the judge wasn't too impressed. I didn't advance at regionals, obviously. Not only did my pride decrease my chances of success, but it also disappointed me since I knew that I might have placed if only I would have edited first. Other than this, I can't think of a single time that's shown to be true.
Wow! You are a very good writer. I'm proud of your family for not giving up on their goals. I came from an alcoholic family. My mom, on the other hand, has decided to make a change for herself. She was a very bad alcoholic and drank from the time she woke up until she went to bed. She was angry at herself, because she once had a good life, but she let alcohol get in the way of everything. She wanted to change, but she couldn’t do it without the help from God. She prayed and prayed and one day out of the blue she decided to stop drinking and come home. She has now been clean and sober for one year and four months. I know this doesn’t sound like a lot, but it is! She has overcome one of the hardest habits and is now living a wonderful life. She is going back to college and taking care of her parents, her kids, and her grandkids. I am happy to say she is my mother and I am not ashamed of anything. She did what she did, but now it’s over. I don’t mind telling people our story, because I hope it’ll help other kids in my situation. I want to give them hope the same way I had hope for my mother. I know she has a lot of pride for herself, but I am also proud of her.
I have had a lot of things that I am proud of this year. I am proud of my little brother who is in 8th grade. He is about 6’4 and he is only 13 years old. He tries so hard at sports and it is paying off. Next year will be his freshman year and he will be playing on the varsity basketball team and possibly varsity football team. In track he is an amazing runner with his long legs, and next year when he has good high school coaches he will be an even more amazing. I am proud of my twin sister, Moe, too. She has advanced all the way to regionals in track. She is a long distance runner and she runs times that are almost impossible to me. I am very proud of my siblings.
It was so uplifting to have the chance to read a few of I’m sure many of the accomplishments that you family has recently made Mrs. Hudelson. All of them were so uplifting and put a smile on my face to read that your granddaughter worked so hard and it all paid off. As a person that also has to work hard every day to get show horses ready to go show I understand how it feels when you get what you wanted in return. Except becoming cheerleader is not as stressful as working with animals I’m sure! Reading your daughters stories were also heartwarming; knowing that they have worked so hard to get the best for their selves. Thanks for sharing this blog also!
I loved the way you talked about pride in hard work and not rewards. I know that is a point that you wanted to come across clearly, and it did. I, too, have dealt with pride this past week. Sadly, this pride was not a pride in hard work, or even a reward. It was simply pride in my wisdom.
You see, I have been learning how to really obey my parents. Not obey as in the way every other teenager knows how to do, but the obey that comes with a happy, humble, and grateful heart. The only thing blocking me from that is my pride. So, for this season in my life, pride does go before destruction. The journey that I’m on right now, the goal that I am reaching for and determined to reach is to be able to submit and lay aside my pride.
To be proud or to have pride is something I never really knew or understood the full implication of the meaning of the word until a litt1e over eight years ago. Like you, I recognize it most in regards to my family.
My seven year-old at the time was in the 1st grade and trying to make the 1st grade Destination Imagination team at her school. She had to perform a small skit. This skit had to be advertising something that she would want people to buy. For a seven year old, two weeks is but a short time to prepare, it seemed to last forever in my mind; however, she performed her skit and made the team. I know I was boasting with pride.
I did find your writing the "Pride" to be inspiring for someone like me which we come from different worlds. I know I've spent most of my adult life not being familiar with the word or the idea of pride. Of course, I've figured out in past couple of years what pride meant which I didn't know it was a sense of one's own worth; self-respect. I sure some you will find that silly of me to not to. I suppose to be honest I just never gave it thought or maybe no significance, mind you. I suppose is because I had a hard life that I couldn't see or realize the pride I could have in life. I pride myself more now as a mother, wife, and especially as a woman. I pride myself in succeeding from now on, and the rest of my life. I have pride in which I am. In a final not, to my children, I have show them the pride of me returning to school and getting my degree. Pride can be the dedication and accomplishments that we put onto our life.
Pride is very meticulous. It can make or break a person’s efforts. Having too much can make you arrogant and blind to your own demise. Pride is what helps us soar above all the rest. Being humble helps us not to fly too close to the sun. My experience with pride resulted from getting better at basketball. At first I was horrible and didn’t care anything about playing it. When I started to improve for apparently no reason, I thought I might as well work to get better. Now I don’t care how good I am. All I care about is continuing to get even better. I’m not really proud of where I am now. I’m proud of what I did to get here. Just knowing that all of my work produced positive results makes it worthwhile.
This is a very insightful blog. Naturally, we tend to view pride in a negative light. Of course, it can't be denied that pride does come before the fall. However, it's worth mentioning that there are different kinds of pride. For example, the pride Schahara so eloquently describes in her blog is backed up by real accomplishments on the part of her family members. This form of pride is not harmful; in fact, it serves to encourage her family members. It's not selfish pride designed to belittle others. On the contrary, it’s the kind of pride that comes from seeing those you love succeed. I’m grateful to God because I can say that I’ve brought this same kind of pride to my family. My actions and overall lifestyle have brought only honor to my family. I hasten to add that I don’t deserve credit for this, as it really isn’t my doing. No, my God and my family deserve all the credit. My parents, with the aid of my grandparents and uncles, taught me how to live a Godly life. They’ve steered me through life’s storms, believing in me every step of the way, brushing aside my many flaws and failures. With God’s guidance, they have made me the person I am today. For that, I am grateful beyond measure. As they continue to shape me, I pray that I will continue to bring them pride.
In enjoyed the blog “Pride”. It is important to never give up and to follow your dreams; even if you have a few detours along the way. It’s nice to know that most families are not perfect and that everyone makes mistakes. It’s good not to give up, like your granddaughter. She re-dedicated herself to improving her cheerleading skills and was successful the next time she tried out. And the stories about your two daughters and how they struggled with their careers in the beginning, but in the end, they came out on top. I have also had my ups and downs since I started college. It is sometimes difficult to focus on school when you have a family to take care and a job. I’ve been in school since 2004 and have gotten discouraged at times, but I will finish my Associate’s degree in May 2013. My family is very proud of me for sticking it out.
In enjoyed the blog “Pride”. It is important to never give up and to follow your dreams; even if you have a few detours along the way. It’s nice to know that most families are not perfect and that everyone makes mistakes. It’s good not to give up, like your granddaughter. She re-dedicated herself to improving her cheerleading skills and was successful the next time she tried out. And the stories about your two daughters and how they struggled with their careers in the beginning, but in the end, they came out on top. I have also had my ups and downs since I started college. It is sometimes difficult to focus on school when you have a family to take care and a job. I’ve been in school since 2004 and have gotten discouraged at times, but I will finish my Associate’s degree in May 2013. My family is very proud of me for sticking it out.
I have never been a blogger, and quite honestly do not care to read anyone’s blog. That is just the type of person I am. It does not interest me in the slightest. However, I believe your blog on pride is not just telling us about events in life; it seems to have a message. What is the message: hard work pays off, never give up, winners never quit? I think that your statement “I know how well this lesson will serve her the rest of her life” says a lot, and I think it is the underlying message in the blog, albeit, maybe unintentionally. We all go through trials and tribulations during our life. The important question is will we learn from those challenges and grow, or will we let them defeat us and wither away. It sounds like your family chose to learn and grow rather than give up and wither away.
What great things to be proud of! I have been proud of many things and people, including myself. I believe that being proud of what you do is important in succeeding, as your granddaughter’s confidence –or pride – in herself proved when it was instrumental in earning her a spot on the cheer squad. With this being said, I do not think this is the pride that is spoken of in “Pride goeth before destruction.” I believe it is the pride that consumes a person and makes them feel better than others that ends up destroying. That kind of pride transforms other people in the sight of the “prideful” from human beings into undeserving scum.
What great things to be proud of! I have been proud of many things and people, including myself. I believe that being proud of what you do is important in succeeding, as your granddaughter’s confidence –or pride – in herself proved when it was instrumental in earning her a spot on the cheer squad. With this being said, I do not think this is the pride that is spoken of in “Pride goeth before destruction.” I believe it is the pride that consumes a person and makes them feel better than others that ends up destroying. That kind of pride transforms other people in the sight of the “prideful” from human beings into undeserving scum.
While reading your post "Pride," I felt like failure was just not an option for these people. No matter the situation, they always to either see the bright side of it, or work their way out of their sticky situation. I love how you use your own family experiences to do a blog because it sounds more real than if you were to just make it up. I have found over my 17 short years of being alive that you have to take some sort of pride in everything that you do because if you do not, then i think that you will not have enough confidence to do whatever it is you are trying to accomplish. Take sports for instance. If the football team were to go out on the field with an attitude that stunk, then they are more than likely going to lose. However, if they have a little pride in themselves that they can win and do good, then they will get their rears in gear, and get out there and play some football. Pride is a very important thing that you must learn to have if you want to accomplish anything.
My own pride serves as a motivation to me. At the age of 20 I was working a low-paying part-time job, had dropped out of college, and had just found out that due to my irresponsibility I was pregnant. I thought my world had turned upside down. I knew that for my child I would need to step things up, look diversity in the eye, and make a better life for her and myself. I immediately went and got a full-time job that offered me health coverage, and moved into a 2 bedroom apartment in a better part of town. I worked hard at my job but also worked very hard to provide a good life for my daughter. 1 year later I had saved up enough money to buy a nice house in a good neighborhood where she could grow up with a yard to play in. 3 years later I married a wonderful man that loved her like she was his own. I have built a strong Christian household and have made a good life for the both of us. I am proud that I have turned my own life around from drugs, drinking, and partying into a life full of blessings and securities not only for me but also for my family. If I can do it then I believe anyone who puts their mind to something can achieve anything. My family and my life is my pride and joy.
In the past, I wasn’t very good about keeping my room in pristine condition; even though my mom wanted me too, I always put off cleaning it. Cleaning was just the one thing that I would try to avoid. Every time that there was a mess that needed tending to, especially when it came to my room, I was no where in sight. Then, I took a mission trip to Iowa. There was a ton of flooding that had happened there and our youth group went to help clean houses up. My first thought was, “Great we get to clean all week long,” but when I returned from that trip I came back so fulfilled and blessed from how, at home compared to Iowa, the little cleaning I really do. Now, I can only let my room get to that one certain point of dirty and messy, to where I can no longer stand it anymore, before I have to break down and clean. It doesn’t take me long to reach this point though because, from past experiences, I can only stand so much mess. Having a clean room allows me to feel better about myself and makes me proud that I am able to live in a clean environment. In addition to this, I want to be known as a responsible person and a tidy room is a good example of responsibility. It makes my parents happy which makes me happy and gives me pride that I am able to keep my messes to a minimum. This may sound silly, but, yes, I take pride in having a clean room.
After reading this blog entry, I am convinced that the quote, “Pride goeth before destruction”, is referring to a different definition of “pride” than the one represented in this blog entry. I believe the quote is referring to the state of mind in which one believes in his own superiority, often displayed verbally and/or through his actions. Essentially, it is referring to one being “cocky”, “being full of oneself”, or having a “big head”. In contrast, I believe you are referring to the definition of “pride” in which one has a sense of accomplishment, joy, and honor that comes from either a yearning fulfilled or expectations succeeding.
I really enjoyed reading your blog, "Pride." While I was reading this blog my little brother, Weston, came to mind. He had a stroke when he was born on the right side of his brain, and has suffered through these ten, long years of his life. The stroke mostly affected his right arm. Recently, Weston and my dad went to Birmingham, Alabama for hard-core therapy to greatly improve his right arm. They stayed in Alabama for a month, and if you were to ask Weston I know he would say it was the hardest month of his life. He had therapists at the rent house from 7a.m.-7p.m. every single day, but all his work greatly paid off. He can’t quite use his right arm like he can his left one yet, but can get pretty close. Just by looking people cannot tell that anything is even wrong with him like they used to. Instead of being embarrassed of his arm he is now prideful of all the hard work that paid off not only in Alabama, but though out his life. He loves to show off how well he can use his right arm now, and brags about how he can keep up with his friends playing basketball, and can now actually shoot the ball with two hands like everyone else. Like your daughters and granddaughter, Weston takes pride in all his hard work that eventually paid off. Weston has really inspired me by never giving up, and always has had a great attitude. The doctors said that he may never be able to walk normally, but he walks just as good as me. The doctors said he may never be able to use his right arm, but he uses good enough now, and is continually improving every day. Weston never took no as an answer, but instead took it as a challenge. He is my miracle, and inspiration in life to keep trying and to never give up.
I found this story very insightful. I believe however that it is okay to be proud of others whenever they are excelling and doing well. I believe what is meant by, "pride goeth before destruction", is that if one is overly proud of oneself, it will then lead them to destroying themselves through their own prideful gains. Being proud of yourself is very different than being prideful. To be proud of yourself is to be confident in your abilities, yet being aware that you are not perfect. To be prideful is to believe that you have no equals and that you are the best there is and ever will be.
This article reminds me of the saying, “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” In the end, if you work very hard for what you want, most of the time you will get it. But there are exceptions. Sometimes bad things happen to good people. Kind of like the song by the Beatles, “You can’t always get what you want.” But this lyric continues to say, “But if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need.” If you try hard, or work hard, you can get there. Have pride in what you do, and you will be prouder of your dedication then your reward.
The quote, “Pride goeth before destruction”, best describes my experience in track this year. I have thrown the discus since I was in the 7th grade. Two days before district track, I went out and threw the discus. I was hitting well over my personal best during practice. After feeling a new sense of confidence and being somewhat cocky, I decided to speed everything up in order to throw farther. Yet, this is where the destruction began. At the end of my spin, I landed upon my previously hurt ankle and seriously sprained it. After two days with my foot in a bucket filled with ice and wrapped in tape, I went ahead and competed. As luck would have it, I beat my personal best by five feet with a sprained ankle.
At the beginning of the post, with the quote "Pride goeth before destruction", I think that that is a different pride than the pride you have shown to your children. I believe that there are two different kinds of pride. The first one, which is what the quote is telling us, is a high opinion of self stature, importance, or superiority, whether it being thinking about it, or showing it off to everyone. It gives a sense of self value and respect. True, pride in that definition to a certain degree is not necessarily a bad thing, but being prideful of yourself can quite often lead to destruction, as the quote suggests. Being to prideful, for many people's cases, has led to losses of jobs, family, friends, even their own lives. It's one of those things in life that people have to be careful about, or else it will overtake their lives. The second kind of pride I believe is a more selfless and loving type, the kind that you show towards the dedication and hard work of your children. Being proud of someone's dedication and/or success is not a bad thing at all. It shows that you care about those that you love, and that you love seeing them succeed not for your own benefit, but for theirs. And when you repeat the phrase, "Prouder of her dedication than her reward, I know how well this lesson will serve her the rest of her life", I can see that you are happy not that your children have succeeded in what they are doing, but how they are learning from life lessons, taking them, and using them to prosper in the long run.
I enjoyed your post and in reality it is very easy to relate. I have understood throughout my life that it always gets worse before it gets any better, and I mainly focus on that- as your daughter and granddaughter have.
When picking up golf I was horrible but yet I had potential and would take time to learn, I went through tournaments wanting to give up and never play again. Yet I stuck with it, practicing every day rain or shine only having success in the end. The last tournaments I came out from shooting a 130 to a 80 and that was the best moments of my life. To know how the worst doesn’t look as bad when you make it to the finish line. Standing in the front look looking at my other teammates knowing I worked hard to be in that one spot. I was prouder than ever, showing my parents I was finally good at a sport that wasn’t basketball. Pride was one thing that showed me I can do anything, I know I will see the worse and I will improve. Failing once or twice doesn’t hurt anymore or bring me down, to sleep it off and believe that everything will turn out for the best is what I strive on.
Pride is not only in seeing trophies or threw someone’s eyes; it is felt throughout the body and soul. It is strives us to work harder and prove to everyone that you can stand on your own two feet without anyone’s help. I have believed that pride is somewhat hope, if that is present anything is possible.
Finally this post shows great examples of how young individuals work hard and gain success and enjoy pride once reaching the finish line.
Wow. Now if that doesn’t get you motivated I don’t know what will. Stories like this is what makes people motivated and get the will power to succeed in life. It is great to know that even through hard times people still push through and find a way to make it in life. I know that I have not always had a great job, great pay, or great accomplishments but I always look for those great things to come. You always hear of these stories where people go from rags to riches, or some kid in the garage just came up with a billion dollar idea. I believe if you put your mind to it you can do whatever you want.
Your post coincidently tied in with the rest of my weekend! I attend church every Sunday, and this week’s sermon was on (who would have guessed) pride. “Pride goeth before destruction” was even the opening statement by Reverend Ruby Moltrie. She talked about pride in the bad way, since it is a deadly sin, but her sermon forced me to think all day! By the time it was time to go to my youth group, I was completely ready to talk about how pride was not always bad, like how it is talked about in your post! Luckily, the youth topic normally ties in with the sermon, so I had a great opportunity to talk about the pride you can feel for another person, like a daughter or granddaughter! Thanks for talking about pride in such a great way!
-Kelcey Elkins
Pride can be defined as: a person who is joyful to see others accomplish their goals. My philosophy is failure is only a state of mind. You can accomplish anything you want once you realize this. Realizing this means you have determination, you can complete your goals without problems. I can for sure say that I am very proud of my cousin. He is in the Army and going to school to become an E.M.T. After his high school career he had no idea what he wanted to do in life. He thought about the police force, but he was too young for them to accept him. Then he joined the Navy for a while. Decided that was not his place, he moved on to the Army Reserves. I believe that college is what expected out of high school graduates, but if you know what you want to do in life, then nothing else matters, really.
I believe that I can relate to your granddaughter on the exact same level. I had been a cheerleader my seventh, eighth, and ninth grade years. I was trying out to be a cheerleader for my tenth grade year. When try-outs were near I felt a bit cocky about them. I figured since I was a cheerleader for three years, I would make the team anyways because I thought I was already good enough. As it was time to line up to go into the gym, I noticed all sorts of girls practicing and trying their best. I then had started to panic because I had not been ready as well as they were. These girls were well prepared and were very sharp in their motions. As it turns out, I did not make the team that year. I felt as if my pride was too high and had prevented me from being as prepared as I should have been. The next year, though, I did try out again and I made it. Except this time, I was very well prepared and ready.
I believe that I can relate to your granddaughter on the exact same level. I had been a cheerleader my seventh, eighth, and ninth grade years. I was trying out to be a cheerleader for my tenth grade year. When try-outs were near I felt a bit cocky about them. I figured since I was a cheerleader for three years, I would make the team anyways because I thought I was already good enough. As it was time to line up to go into the gym, I noticed all sorts of girls practicing and trying their best. I then had started to panic because I had not been ready as well as they were. These girls were well prepared and were very sharp in their motions. As it turns out, I did not make the team that year. I felt as if my pride was too high and had prevented me from being as prepared as I should have been. The next year, though, I did try out again and I made it. Except this time, I was very well prepared and ready.
I really enjoyed reading this blog cause it talks about having pride. These days’ people don’t take pride in the things the do, or even in their selves. So I think that it’s good for some people to express their feelings about pride. What I really like about your blog is the fact that you give examples of people taking pride and dedication in what they are doing. Its good to see people not take everything for granted and to have respect for them selves. I can be honest and say I don’t like to read in less the story catches my interest and this blog does just that.
I think this is an excellent food for thought topic. Pride has always been a hot topic for pre prompt essays on Scholarships or assessment tests. However, you have successfully taken this ambiguous topic and turned it into something we can all relate to. Whenever you’re striving to achieve something, whether you achieve it or not, sometimes the best things you learn are from the journey that takes you to the end. I can especially relate to your granddaughter, because my dad always tried to instill in my the ancient chinese proverb, “Fall down 7, stand up 8”, so I am glad you gave that message in your blog.
Your blog was very heart-warming. It sounds like you have such a hard working family, and that is definately something to be proud of. I completely agree with you about the fact that hard work and dedication will pay off eventually. Being involved in FFA and showing pigs, I have truly seen both the ups and downs that come along with any competitive event. Since I have shown pigs since I was 3 years old, I have learned that without hard work and dedication you'll never reach your goals. The most rewarding thing about winning is not the actual prize you get, but rather the feeling of accomplishment and pride in knowing that you made that dream happen with all the hard work and time you put in.
I enjoyed your piece, “Pride,” very much. It made me feel so inspired. You have such a dedicated family who continue's to try and try again until they earn the rewards they longed for. They took pride in themselves to accomplish their goals, make themselves proud, as well as making others proud also. I love how you use your own experiences along with those from your family, it makes everything sound so realistic and its easier for you to picture it in your head rather than read a fictional blog someone else writes. I really enjoy hearing stories like this because it reminds me of when I was younger and play AAU basketball. We were a small West Texas team that no one knew much about. We took pride in our sport and practiced and played for continuous hours. We managed to represent Texas in National’s my eighth grade year and placed 1st place. This was a tremendous achievement for myself and the team, we were young girls who put countless hours into a sport that many people would find uninteresting. We were a group of girls who had been playing together for the least, 5 years. Many people said it looked like we had carefully practiced every scenario possible because we worked so well together as a team. Up until this day, I look at my medals, pictures, and newspaper clippings of our achievements and I think about all the blood, sweat and tears we put into making our dreams come true. Who would have thought a “Cinderella Team” would beat out major as well as very well known teams to represent our state in a the national level and win the entire thing.
Wow. This is amazing. I believe it takes perseverance and dedication to accomplish what your family has gone on to complete. Pride is something that can be the death of you if you are weak or arrogant. I sometimes have a problem with overcoming my pride when I know it is essential, however once we realize that it’s for the best it feels so much better. Sharing your family’s stories motivates me to do better in my life, because sometimes I just feel like giving up. I know this is a bad thing, and I have tried to overcome it, but like your cheer leading story, if I work harder and continue to improve I believe anything’s possible.
I believe that taking pride in who you are, what you do, and where you're going makes you a much more confident person, and makes you feel like your life is successful. Some days it is very hard to have pride, when it seems like the world is falling apart. I am very glad to hear that your family is overcoming obstacles, and taking pride in themselves and their situations!
I enjoyed reading your blog about pride. Not many thirteen year olds could put in that much work to achieve their goal. She reminded me of that saying “ Never never never give up”. In todays world most people do not have the same attitude as your granddaughter, which makes this blog even more inspiring. I started working at United Supermarket earlier this school year; I’ve never worked anywhere else so I was really nervous about it. I started out sacking and I always ran back inside from loading a costumers groceries, I tried hard to be fast and put up carts for the checkers so they would have more room at their register. My managers started calling me a “hustler”. After two weeks I was moved up to a checker! I didn’t expect a promotion at all so I was really excited about it. After my first five months working there I was evaluated by a manager. We get evaluated on several different areas like “how well you react to costumers” and “promptness” etc. I scored extremely high on my first evaluation; my manager told me he has never given straight fives on anyones evaluation and in all the years he has been a manager at United he has never seen a sacker get promoted in two weeks. I was honored that he told me those things and it made me work harder after hearing him say that. Without even knowing I was working hard I was rewarded by getting moved up to checker. I honestly do take pride in my job because it’s important to me and it builds character. I will soon be starting college and both the lesson your granddaughter taught me and also what I learned on my own will benefit me and remind me to work hard and to “never never never give up” in order to be successful in life.
In my family, we were always taught to set goals. My dad always said it was the goals that were there to drive the achievement, but it was the journey to that achievement that built our character. At this point in my life, I’m not sure I can really understand that, as the goal seems more important than the journey. The goal I’ve set for myself is completing college. Maybe one day when I look back on the journey, I’ll see where I grew as a person for having made the journey. I guess the journey, goals, rewards, and determination all work hand in hand, for without one, there is no point to have the others.
The entire time that I read your blog, I couldn't help but think of all the times that I took pride in myself because of some obstacle I had overcome. The thing that sticks out most in my head would definitely be the time I played a Halo 3 Pro via Xbox Live. It was a 3 on 3 skirmish on one of the most popular Halo maps – Guardian. Now when I say a video game pro, you may think that he’s some nerd or someone that isn’t of much importance, but to me, he is the equivalent to the Michael Jordan of basketball, someone that I idolize and follow very closely. Anyways, the other two teammates on my team were just random players that the internet had paired me with and they were as equally excited as I was. So at the very beginning of the match, I was jumping up and down in my room, staring at the TV as if it were a ghost and constantly checking my internet connection to not fail. My hands were moist and a bead of sweat came down the side of my face. This very moment was a moment that I had been waiting for for an entire year. The score was very close throughout the game but in the end, my team had won! I was ecstatic! All my hard work and dedication to a video game had somewhat paid off. After the game we were sitting in the matchmaking lobby and the pro said to me that I was “surprisingly good” and for me not to give up on the game. The reward was good, but like you said, I was prouder of my dedication than my reward.
I enjoyed reading your piece on pride. When I think of pride and destruction I imagine a conceited or boastful person. How their pride leads to the destruction of his/her success, relationships, and other things. I’m not saying that being proud of your success is a bad thing; it is how you go about doing it. We have to remember to humble ourselves. In excessive bragging we tend to push people away, create bad images of ourselves, and look self-centered. Everything has limitations; too much of something almost always leads to something bad. Not having enough tends to give the same results. Be proud; it raises self-esteem and lets you be happy for yourself and others just remember to be humble.
All of those examples where pride was seen and felt are incredible experiences to attain in one’s life. I totally agree with your statement on “Pride goeth before destruction,” and find myself thinking the same way. However, I have to agree with Taylor who suggested that the pride your granddaughter experienced was not this type of pride. Instead her pride inspired her to work harder and installed in herself to exceed everyone’s expectations and reach her goal. The pride felt by your family is wonderful and should be felt by everyone; hopefully precious memories will be made through those accomplishments.
Just like you, I feel that pride is a very important aspect in life. It is necessary to have pride because it urges you to continue to complete a task to the most of your ability, even when you are in the face of adversity. I have always taken pride to do my best in everything I do. I do not want to settle for less than I know I am capable of doing. Even when I am working on something that may seem insignificant, I will do whatever I can to make it as good as I possibly can. I do not like to complete anything with half effort because I can always look back and see that I could have done better. That is one thing that bothers me more than many things. I do not like to question myself whether I could have done something better and have to reply with a "yes". I believe everyone should have this same attitude in life. I do not ever want to promote the image that I do not care about something or that I am not willing to work to achieve something. This is why I take pride in doing everything necessary to do the best I possibly can. Just imagine how much better everything could be if everyone took a great amount of pride in everything they did. There would be nothing that seemed as if no one cared about what they did. Everything would look as if It were intended to be the very best possible.
As I was reading you blog on pride, I could only think of one incident in my life where I had to have pride in myself to overcome obstacles. It’s wonderful to hear all the stories about your family and how they persevered past their hardships and some failures to become successful. I personally had to overcome an obstacle recently as well. My freshman year I tried out for the high school basketball team and I failed to make the team. It made me think about Michael Jordan and how he got cut his freshman year as well. I had to practice so hard for an entire year, and my sophomore year, I made the team as a top candidate.
Pride can do unbelievable things. Since my first year as a Sophomore, I've advanced to the regional level in UIL golf, which gains me praise from my peers and teachers. However, I’d felt unaccomplished since I didn't reach my own personal goal of finishing 18 holes with a score lower than 100. With two days of regionals, I had two more chances. Unfortunately, as I competed the first day, I didn't play near to my full potential. Upset and disappointed, the only thing I could tell myself that night is that I had one more opportunity. Day two came, and I play exceptionally better than the first. As my last day of UIL golf came to a close, I'd successfully accomplished what I'd set out to do. The harsh feelings of the day before had evaporated and been replaced with an overwhelming sensation of pride in myself. Though I didn't advance to state, which is rightfully so seeing as most regional qualifiers posses far greater talent than I, I still felt satisfied with my ability to create a goal and reach it.
Mrs. Hudelson, I enjoyed your blog entry very much. I am pleased to hear that your family is doing well, and you are still confident in your students. You, (out of anyone), would know about having pride because you have successful students every day that strive to improve their knowledge as well as recover from hardships. From a teacher’s point of view, I feel that it must be hard for you to think, “Pride goeth before destruction”, because you cannot help but be proud of your students and have faith that they will not give up on the task at hand. I admire your patience and hard work as a professor. I am proud to be your student.
I have often heard that “pride goes before a fall” but I feel that pride itself is often misunderstood. Feelings of accomplishments that fulfill us as individuals are not necessarily the same thing as pride with a capital P, the kind that tells of smugness.
I look at my family with a great deal of pride (not the smug kind) my mother went back to school in her forties and finished her college degree. My older brother has fulfilled his ambition since childhood to be a fire fighter in Washington D.C. My oldest sister is a physics teacher, while my middle sister is going to graduate school in order to manage nonprofit family crisis centers.
As I was reading your post over pride I have realized that without pride we would not have the self confidence to succeed in life. I like hearing about your family and the obstacles they have overcome. It also shows me more about what kind of good people your family and you are. One statement I agree on was that we hope to teach each generation to learn from everything we do whether good or bad and to not make the same mistakes that we have made in our lifetime, but rather fix our mistakes and to succeed. For example, when my mother dropped out of high school her senior year because of a boy and she always tells me not be like her and to follow my dreams. She does not want me following her footsteps because she hurt her pride and with one decision she changed her entire life.
Accomplishing a goal or a task you never thought could be achieved is an amazing feeling. I grew up a very shy child who never would leave my mother’s side for anything in the world. So when the Sheriff Posse asked me last year to be their queen candidate for our annual Harvest Festival I was a bit nervous. Starting in May of 2009 I was constantly going business to business and door to door asking the citizens of Brownfield to buy raffle tickets to support me the race to become the next queen. My summer was booked selling tickets and left me little time for fun. On the upside, I never thought that I could leave my comfort zone and talk to complete strangers. In August we started practice, which was long and hard. Many nights I would not get home until 10 o’clock and closer to October the time got later. During rehearsals we practiced modeling, our talents, our all together dance, and interview
The show was finally here and all of the other girls and our queen others could not believe it. First of all, we went and did our individual interviews, which made me really nervous. I was so happy we had some time to get our heads together after that before the show started. In my perspective, everything went well and to be completely honest I was so ready the night was over. I slept so well that night and Friday was my day to rest before the major ticket selling and queen coronation on Saturday. Saturday was an adventure all in itself, we had the parade that morning and walking all day long and to top it all off it was 40 degrees that day and it sleeted that night.
I ended up not winning the crown but it did not bother me because I won something so much better, knowledge and pride in myself. I had no clue that I could be so happy with not winning, and its all because of the fact that I sacrificed most of my free time and I accomplished something that I did not believe could be possible. All of the hard work leading up to that made the whole experience worth it and that is what made me happiest and proud of myself.
When I was reading the blog and got to the end of each paragraph and read, “prouder of her dedication than her rewards, I know how well this lesson will serve her the rest of her life.” I couldn’t agree more with this statement. I think pride is an award in its self. Its when someone can just get the satisfaction of knowing that they tried and struggled so long and all of their hard work has finally paid off.
You are a very wonderful writer Mrs. Hudelson. I could tell very much that you like to use a lot of your own experiences when writing your blogs. It really helps us understand what it is like for you because of the words and expressions you use. I believe that if you do use your own experiences, then it makes it easier for the readers to relate to what exactly is happening. I try to take some pride in everything that I do, whether it be band or school work. I believe that without pride, you have not self goals, which lead to not getting anything accomplished.
When I was reading your blog it reminded me of all the things that I have worked my hardest for, and eventually after all the hard work I was blessed in some way or another. For instance, I have always loved looking at photographs that people have taken, to see what they saw at that exact moment. Some are funny, some are breathtaking, some are sad, I mean there are all sorts of things you can experience just by looking at some of the pictures they take. I finally decided that that is what I want to do. I want to capture the beauty of something I find and share it with everyone. I've been working on this for sometime now and you can tell that all of my hard work in slowly but surely paying off.
Pride in people can go one of two ways it may either go in such a way that people
will only see the pride as someone being concided. Or people will see that you have
actual pride in yourself to forfill things in your life that you hope to see
in your future. I know a man by the name of Trevor, this man has an awful lot of pride
in hiself without it being concidered concided. He wants to see himself as a fireman with
military background and he is willing to go unmeasurable lengths to have this wish forfilled
in his lifetime. Another woman by the name of Darvany wants to own her own coffee shop by the
time she is 30 years of age. This woman has already given up countless hours trying to save up
the money to finish college and look for a location to open up her shop. Pride can bee seen as so
many different things from so many different people that no one can really truely define pride.
Yes in christianity pride is seen as a bad thing for it is one of the seven deadly sins, but is
pride really all that bad? Pride in onesself is what gets one to the top for if you do not believe
in yourself how ever will you make it?
I think parents always find something to be proud of when it comes to their children. Parents love their children unconditionally and they also always encourage and celebrate all the things their children accomplish.
I also think children strive to make their parents proud. No child ever wants to disappoint their parents, and no child ever wants their parents to see them fail.
Mrs. Hudelson, I really enjoyed how your blog demonstrated the fact that parents ( and grandparents ) are always proud of the things their children ( and grandchildren ) accomplish. No matter how big or small the accomplishment might have been, the fact that their child struggled, fought through and eventually over came whatever they sought to is the most important part of their accomplishment.
I would consider “Pride” as a good blog containing very insightful ideas. While reading this blog it showed different types of pride that I saw. In the first paragraph I consider this type of pride more as a type of courage since it revolved that the girl had to build up her own self conscious since at that age if you were turned down from something that you have your heart set on that it can bring you down to where you don’t want to try anymore. Also the rest of the blog contained the meaning of pride as a whole.
When I think of pride, I think of it as doing something for yourself, hopefully giving yourself more dignity and gaining more of a better mind set , rather than the actual award at the end. Ever since I was in third grade, I’ve shown hogs all over Texas. It sure has changed since I’ve started. Between my brother, sister, and I, we have all had a lot of success, but there were also times when we did no good at all. Other than having the grand champion overall there are a few other awards that are often given. Showmanship, in most peoples eyes, is better than grand champion. Although I had a very successful last year, I also learned that my hard work paid off. I never won a show, but at our last county show, I got the showmanship award. This made every little thing that I would sometimes regret having to do pay off. This is similar to your blog because in both cases, we both did some time doing the small things that made our goal pay off, leaving us not only with a great reward, but a new pride in our self and the accomplishment of a well deserved goal
Dear Schahara,
As I was reading your blog, I couldn’t help but think about my own family and how proud I am of them. I can tell that you are like me, in a sense that we both value our family over everything. In addition, even though my family has been through some really tough times, I can now say that we have lived through the storm and will continue to push forward. I also believe that without those tough times, my family and I wouldn’t be as close as we are now. My family consists of many different characters, some are funny, some are serious, some are doing what they love, and some are still trying to figure out what life is about. Whatever there case is, my family is strong and does not let one another fall when the times get rough and for that reason, I am really proud of every single one of them. Here lately, I have been swamped with school and work and I have not had too much time to spend with my family. I used to have the mindset that I needed to focus strictly on school and work so I can one day provide for my family, but I now realize that sometimes the destination isn’t worth getting to if you don’t enjoy the ride with those who are riding with you.
What a blessed week for you and your family! I believe pride feels best when it a loved one accomplishes a goal. I am proud of my sister all the time. She is all about reaching her goals. She wants to make it to the National Finals Rodeo some day, and I have no doubt that she will. It is people that work endlessly, that give others hope to continue. I find pride an emotion that has to be dealt with in doses. It is somewhat contradictory to say, but I think pride in others is better than pride in you.
I don’t believe that there are any instances that the type of pride that you are displaying ever leads to destruction. I am also very proud of my Mother, who I saw growing up as a woman with so much talent that she could never really find an outlet for. She has finally found it, and with a lot of hard work and determination she achieved her goals. That is a good example for those who seek to find pride in them. Personally, I find pride in myself whenever I do things the right way the first time like she does.
I loved your blog about pride. I've always learned that prides goes before the fall. It's true, but not in all cases, like the members in your family. Sometimes there are occasions for pride. I think where we put our pride is the key. I'm a big basketball player and I believe that hard work can get you where you want to be. A verse that God gave me this basketball season was Proverbs 14:23. I think that verse is hope that we can hold on to when we are trying to accomplish something. I loved reading about how it was true in your family. It's encouraging.
As I was reading the blog, you can come to realize that everyone has a different defenition of the word pride. There is not many people that would answer exactly like another person. To me this blog describes the word pride really well. You have to be proud in order to have pride. I know for a fact that when I acheive a goal that I have been striving for I become really proud of myself. I can take pride in what I hace accomplished. No matter what you do, whether it be big or small, take pride and be proud of yourself and others.
This was a very delightful blog! I enjoyed reading the three different scenarios of your two daughters and one granddaughter! It shows dedication they have to succeed! Having “Pride” in ones self is a very good quality to have. Without pride there is no faith, confidence, nor self- respect. In your blog, it talks about how each person found a way to be successful. Even though it seemed it took a long time to reach the top. It’s like you take five steps up to get ahead then it knocks you back down three, but you can’t give up!
What a moving blog, I didn't know how I felt about reading a "teachers" blog, but I am very glad we did! Ms. Hudleson, I believe you even inspired me. As a full time student with a full time job it is nice to know that eventually everything pays off. I agree that dedication and hard work are something to be proud of. It's hard to be proud of someone or something when we feel they haven't worked or earned it. You have a lot to be proud of! I know that your support has motivated your family to persue what they love!
What a moving blog, I didn't know how I felt about reading a "teachers" blog, but I am very glad we did! Ms. Hudleson, I believe you even inspired me. As a full time student with a full time job it is nice to know that eventually everything pays off. I agree that dedication and hard work are something to be proud of. It's hard to be proud of someone or something when we feel they haven't worked or earned it. You have a lot to be proud of! I know that your support has motivated your family to persue what they love!
Reading your blog had me thinking of my accomplishments. Really, it had made me think about my parents accomplishments. My dad growing up had to work for his family house holds. He has 8 siblings and growing up they lived in poverty. My grandfather, rest his soul, was an alcoholic and would waste his and his children's money on alcohol. My father knowing this would save money so that his family would have enough food to last them the rest of the week. My mother was in the same situation as my father. They had to grow up too quick. My father could have turned out like my grandfather but decided to be a better man and father. My mother could have become like her mother but decided to overcome the cycle. My parents always tell me that there dedication to their goal is the reason they have became the people they are today. I can say I am proud of my parents for breaking the cycles they were in. Your blog was an inspirational article. It makes me believe that all things are possible to accomplish. Congratulations on your success and your relatives success.
It is nice to know the achievements and dedication that your family has put in and what the outcome of their dedication resulted in, and that is something to be proud of. Likewise I am also very proud of my family and what they have been able to accomplish. My oldest brother is in San Antonio finishing up his first year at bible school. A lot of people doubted that my oldest brother would even graduate high school let alone attend a place of higher education beyond the high school level and to our family that is definitely something worth taking pride in.
This is just a few wonderful and up-lifting experiences that brought me much joy and hope for not only myself, but for our generation. Like you stated that many people these days would rather just say "I do not care" and completely give up. Rather than going out working towards their goals and achieving what the originally set out to do. Kids these days have things entirely to easy. Most of us have things handed to us on a silver platter, we forget the meanings of hard word, dedication and the will power to complete what we started, no matter how hard it may seem.
I really enjoyed reading this blog on pride. I am glad your three family members made it and had success. I personally am a person that takes pride in much of what I do. When I was a junior I really liked playing football and wanted the starting offensive guard spot for varsity. I worked very hard every day of practice and busted my butt on and off the field for a while. I ended up not getting the spot and was very disappointed. I could of let that tear me up but I kept working hard and just two weeks later the starting spot was mine the rest of the year and my senior yea as well. I am very glad I took pride in what I was trying to accomplish because I got what I wanted. With pride and hard work you can be very successful.
Wow Mrs. Hudelson, that was an amazing poem. I believe that it is so true. Pride can be a very good or very bad thing. Pride can keep you from doing something that needs to be done or it can help you help someone feel good about themselves. It is great that your family has perservered so much and have been able to achieve everything they set out to achieve. It was great to read something with such inspiration and happiness in it. I am so glad you decided to share this with everyone. Thank you.
Madi has a strong mind, she is determined. She dreamt to become a cheerleader but failed once. She finally did it, her patience and perseverance have been rewarded.
Concerning Tania, that woman is brave. She has a husband and children, no stable job but found the strength to go back to college and graduated. It takes a lot of courage to go back to school being grown-up. She now has everything she wanted.
Darcy and her husband both went back to college a few years ago. Even if they had a lot to look after at home, they have never give up.
Those three testimonies end with the same sentence “Prouder of her dedication than her rewards, I know well this lesson will serve her the rest of her life”. Schahara Hudelson has all the reasons in the world to be proud. Life is not easy we should be prepared to have obstacles on our path. We shall always be strong, brave, and courageous and bring pride to our family.
Pride is thinking highly of ones self worth or actions. I know what it means to have pride and I can accept who I am and I do not make excuses for my actions. I have never had a problem admitting when I am wrong. I take pride in myself knowing I am the best I can be. Some folks have too much pride sometimes and they come off arrogant. I believe pride is needed to an extent.
This year my family was going through a particular difficult situation. The vehicle that my father took to work kept breaking down. Every week my father would have to replace some old part on that engine. Every week he would have me help him because we couldn't afford to take it to the mechanic. So, week after week I would be under that vehicle replacing the some other broken parts that included: the alternator, brake booster, radiator, starter, timing belt, transmission, brakes, thermostat, and etc. Every week when we would replace the old parts with the new ones I would be very proud of my father and myself because we had made it run once again, and yet every two to three weeks something new would stop functioning. I would get discouraged, and I would argue with my dad because I knew that once we fixed something, something else would break. My dad would say to me, “Marilu you need to help me because I’m getting old and who else is going to help me?” “The neighbor?” “No, it’s you, plus it’s good experience for you so that when certain situations and problems happen to your vehicle you can know how to fix that problem.” He would repeat this same conversation to me over and over again when I would get angry because I was the one that would have to help him. Eventually our vehicle just broke down completely; a part of the spark plug entered where the valves were and messed every thing up. One lesson that I learned though was that I shouldn’t give up when things get tough. All those nights that I stayed up helping my father not only drew us closer, but I learned quite a bit on how to fix and replace engine parts. Reading your blog on pride made me remember that pride that I would feel knowing that my hands had helped fix our vehicle. I would hearing that engine run once again and all the hard work that we had put into it was all worth it especially when my dad would drive off to work in that vehicle that I had helped fix.
This was an extremely inspirational blog. It gave everyday examples of everyday people, which makes it that much more inspirational. Having pride is always the best thing that someone can do for themselves, and it just goes to show that pride can help you achive your dreams.
Natasha Williams
It is very interesting essay. I agree with you totally. As a mother of two children, at beginning I tried to teach my children from my own experiences and mistakes. I kept lecturing them what they should do and what they should not do. I found out that I was just wasting my time and effort and I also found out that the best way to teach them is to let them make their own decisions which will help them be self confident. It will help them also learn from the consequences of their decisions. If they make a good choice, they will be proud of themselves and if they make a mistake, they will learn from them and will know how to handle them in the future. As for us parents, we will proud of them if they make the right choices and if they make wrong ones, we explain to them why these choices are not the best ones and how they will affect them. For example, when my son was four years old, he started to play chess and started to go to tournament with his sister school team. Because he was just a beginner, he did not have enough experience to earn a trophy. In every tournament we went to, he came home crying for not winning a trophy. I kept explaining to him that he has to practice everyday but he did not listen. One day, he decided to practice for 2 to 3 hours a day. Whenever his dad came home from work, my son would bring the chess board and ask his dad to teach him. Three month later, my son won his first medal and a year later, he got his first trophy. My son got the first place trophy for kindergarten category. My son was very happy and my husband and I were very proud of him because not only he got what he wanted but also because he learned that if he wants something he needs to work very hard to get it. That day I felt the very same feeling that your felt when your granddaughter and your two daughters got what they worked hard for.
This essay is very moving. It is always good to be reminded of how much pride and perseverance can get you. It may always take hard work, but what is worth having if you didn’t have to work and really take time to embrace it?
Pride is such an awesome feeling. Sometimes it can get in the way of things. There is nothing better than having the pride in knowing you struggled, and fought for what you enjoy and love most in life. Your goals and dreams may have been hard to reach, but the amazing pride in the end is definitely worth it, in my opinion. In your essay, pride was shown so gracefully. The lessons that your children and grandchild went through were very motivating. They all showed such amazing determination that turned out great in the end. It is rare to come by, anymore, that people are still willing to do whatever it takes to reach their goals and dreams. What really motivated me was your granddaughter, at such a young age, was the most motivating, in my opinion.
I have also been trying to find my motivation for some future goals coming ahead of me in college. This essay definitely jump started my determination and motivation. I cannot wait to see what the future holds, and I will always remember to take great pride when I reach my goals. I have no doubt that I have had to learn what the true meaning of pride means, and I know that I will have many more chances in the future. Pride is a great lesson to learn that gives us life lessons all throughout life. In my opinion, it is at the top of life lessons to learn how to be prideful in the right way.
This essay is very moving. It is always good to be reminded of how much pride and perseverance can get you. It may always take hard work, but what is worth having if you didn’t have to work and really take time to embrace it?
Pride is such an awesome feeling. Sometimes it can get in the way of things. There is nothing better than having the pride in knowing you struggled, and fought for what you enjoy and love most in life. Your goals and dreams may have been hard to reach, but the amazing pride in the end is definitely worth it, in my opinion. In your essay, pride was shown so gracefully. The lessons that your children and grandchild went through were very motivating. They all showed such amazing determination that turned out great in the end. It is rare to come by, anymore, that people are still willing to do whatever it takes to reach their goals and dreams. What really motivated me was your granddaughter, at such a young age, was the most motivating, in my opinion.
I have also been trying to find my motivation for some future goals coming ahead of me in college. This essay definitely jump started my determination and motivation. I cannot wait to see what the future holds, and I will always remember to take great pride when I reach my goals. I have no doubt that I have had to learn what the true meaning of pride means, and I know that I will have many more chances in the future. Pride is a great lesson to learn that gives us life lessons all throughout life. In my opinion, it is at the top of life lessons to learn how to be prideful in the right way.
Reading this blog really inspires me. Good for Madi and the rest of the gang for accomplishing their goals. Anything is possible, and mostly possible with God. Well at least that's what I tell myself. My father and mother never finished school, the 3rd grade is the highest grade they both attended. They both struggled to care for us six kids. I don't want my children to suffer for my poor choices and mistakes. So last year I decided to go to college. I want to accomplish my dream of becoming a nurse, and better my life for myself and for my kids. Some people that I went to high school are living the dream I once wished for. I can only imagine how happy I will be when I accomplish my goal. Even though my older brother did not attend college, he is still living the American dream. He saw how my mother struggled when my father passed away. He worked at a local restaurant and was paid minimum wage, but he was determined to make it to the top. Well he made it and talk about pride; but it was all well deserved.
I really enjoy reading stories of triumph from real people. Your stories were very inspirational, and I feel that your pride is very well deserved.
I have written a lot about pride in my family this semester. Tonight, at a little league t-ball game there was drama amongst some of the adults. I was reminded of the baseball brawl photo we studied earlier in the semester. There were some issues involving the accurate score, some unpopular calls made by the umpire, and unnecessary yelling done by some of the parents. I will never understand why some parents get so wound up over a little league game. Some act as if there are scouts in the stands picking out the next Yankee team.
The ball players were just playing the game as usual. Some are fully dedicated and some pick daisies and do cartwheels in the outfield. They range in age from five to seven. They are innocent children learning a new game, sportsmanship, and teamwork. The post game huddle was filled with rambunctious little boys that did not even know if they had won or not. They were geared for snow cones of course. On the way home, my son told me the play by play of the game. He told me about how he made the play at second base, how he bobbled the ball and hit himself in the face, how he hit so wonderfully, and how he ran so fast. He told me that he could hear us cheering him on from the stands. He left out very few details. However, there were some crucial details left out. He missed all of the drama going on in the dugouts and stands caused by the unhappy parents. This aroused a huge sense of pride in my son‘s perception of the game. He was there to play a game, learn sportsmanship and teamwork. I hope that some of the other players shared their story of tonight’s game with their parents, and maybe it will help them behave more like adults next time. I beam with pride every time a child can see the simplicity and joy of life and shares his/her insight.
I really enjoy reading stories of triumph from real people. Your stories were very inspirational, and I feel that your pride is very well deserved.
I have written a lot about pride in my family this semester. Tonight, at a little league t-ball game there was drama amongst some of the adults. I was reminded of the baseball brawl photo we studied earlier in the semester. There were some issues involving the accurate score, some unpopular calls made by the umpire, and unnecessary yelling done by some of the parents. I will never understand why some parents get so wound up over a little league game. Some act as if there are scouts in the stands picking out the next Yankee team.
The ball players were just playing the game as usual. Some are fully dedicated and some pick daisies and do cartwheels in the outfield. They range in age from five to seven. They are innocent children learning a new game, sportsmanship, and teamwork. The post game huddle was filled with rambunctious little boys that did not even know if they had won or not. They were geared for snow cones of course. On the way home, my son told me the play by play of the game. He told me about how he made the play at second base, how he bobbled the ball and hit himself in the face, how he hit so wonderfully, and how he ran so fast. He told me that he could hear us cheering him on from the stands. He left out very few details. However, there were some crucial details left out. He missed all of the drama going on in the dugouts and stands caused by the unhappy parents. This aroused a huge sense of pride in my son‘s perception of the game. He was there to play a game, learn sportsmanship and teamwork. I hope that some of the other players shared their story of tonight’s game with their parents, and maybe it will help them behave more like adults next time. I beam with pride every time a child can see the simplicity and joy of life and shares his/her insight.
I really enjoy reading stories of triumph from real people. Your stories were very inspirational, and I feel that your pride is very well deserved.
I have written a lot about pride in my family this semester. Tonight, at a little league t-ball game there was drama amongst some of the adults. I was reminded of the baseball brawl photo we studied earlier in the semester. There were some issues involving the accurate score, some unpopular calls made by the umpire, and unnecessary yelling done by some of the parents. I will never understand why some parents get so wound up over a little league game. Some act as if there are scouts in the stands picking out the next Yankee team.
The ball players were just playing the game as usual. Some are fully dedicated and some pick daisies and do cartwheels in the outfield. They range in age from five to seven. They are innocent children learning a new game, sportsmanship, and teamwork. The post game huddle was filled with rambunctious little boys that did not even know if they had won or not. They were geared for snow cones of course. On the way home, my son told me the play by play of the game. He told me about how he made the play at second base, how he bobbled the ball and hit himself in the face, how he hit so wonderfully, and how he ran so fast. He told me that he could hear us cheering him on from the stands. He left out very few details. However, there were some crucial details left out. He missed all of the drama going on in the dugouts and stands caused by the unhappy parents. This aroused a huge sense of pride in my son‘s perception of the game. He was there to play a game, learn sportsmanship and teamwork. I hope that some of the other players shared their story of tonight’s game with their parents, and maybe it will help them behave more like adults next time. I beam with pride every time a child can see the simplicity and joy of life and shares his/her insight.
This week I was conducting an interview for a speech project. At the end of the interview I asked the professional if he had any questions for me. He looked straight into my eyes and asked, “What is it that motivates you, in this class or in anything that you do?” I admit it took me by surprise, I simply answered: “Knowing that my children will appreciate my hard work and dedication for them. It doesn’t matter where I land in life, so long as they grow up knowing the values of love, life, and friendship. I believe people who hate their lives have the power to change them. Always take the good from the bad, while having the patience for change and never forgetting where you came from.” He then very seriously said, “That’s great!” I believe at this moment I truly looked back at my life and thought, hey, I must be doing something right!
I enjoyed the story. Life is something that can be so rewarding at times, and so unfortunate, and unforgiving at others. I do believe it was Vince Lombardi that said “It’s not that we fall, it’s that we get back up.” Having the strength and determination to do what is needed, and what is right can be a remarkable thing to witness. I like how we as a society can be prouder of dedication and the reward. I myself had worked hard to achieve many different things. It is a great feeling knowing that one can try out, audition for something and get it the first time around. The reality of it is that that does not always happen. I played basketball for many years growing up. I was never good enough to be on the “A” team, and it is mainly because I never applied myself. One year I actually put forth the effort and was the first overall pick for the team. That year we placed higher in a national tournament that ever before. It was not just because of my efforts, but it was often said that the attitude of the team had been different than years past, and I did my part to make sure people knew I was deserving of the role I was asked to fill. I was taught at a young age that we are all born to win, but we are also equipped to lose. I think that is something that keeps people modest and hard working.
I thought that your blog was very interesting. Especially the part about the girl who tried out for cheerleader.
This was such a interesting post. I loved reading it, it just shows how much someone is dedicated to doing something that they work hard to earn it. Pride is just a wonderful thing and just comes to show you that even the youngest of age can have pride in what they do or want.
I really liked this blog a lot. I agree that is good to have pride in yourself and the things you have accomplished. It is such a great feeling when you succeed at something that you have worked at,that it impossible not to feel some amount of pride. There have been many times that I felt like giving up on something,but,instead,I pushed through and ended up on top. The pride I felt at those moments was indescribable.
Even though it is possible to have too much pride, having too little is just as serious a problem. Without pride, we would not feel the satisfaction of completing our goals or the motivation to tackle new ones. Pride is a very important thing to have.
>>I loved it! You and I both know there are no brownie points for sucking up to the teacher, so you know that I mean it. :] <<
I have a very different perspective on pride than most people. When I hear or think of pride, I think of the seven deadly sins. When I see pride, at certain times I am also reminded of the seven deadly sins. When I see a person, who is too proud to associate with a select few people, I think the person a snob. When I see a person who is too proud to take money from others without doing work, even if they need it very badly, I can understand more, but I still think of the seven deadly sins. If a person is too proud to be seen with another, I consider them to be too worried about appearances. When a person is too proud to accept an offer of money, that could possibly save them from starving, I consider them to be too set on pride, rather than survival. Both circumstances could harm the person in it. That is why, I believe, they are called the seven deadly sins. Having a certain type of pride is okay, such as being proud of your son, daughter, wife, husband, etc., for doing a good job at work or at school. But I believe it is too much when it starts to interfere with the way you run your life. Granted, you should make sure you have confidence in your abilities, and you should be happy with the work you or another has accomplished. But I still associate pride as something that can turn on you.
Good Job to them all, sticking with it and a bit of hard work pays off. I'm glad you had such good accounts occur that week. Pride is a positive when good is done. Making the team or finishing a degree and being able to see those efforts completed, with guidance, from the family is Pride in a positive light.
After reading this post I saw how many peoples perception of dedication might affect our true intentions. I'm glad that some people in the world still care about what might happen to them through the experiences that they try. That some are still willing to not give up on themselves and fight through their obstacles and earn something the hard way. When someone as young as thirteen gets is how hard could it really be that girl devoted an entire year to her dream and it paid off didn't it. Also the older girl she also kept trying and never gave up and it all managed to be right in the end. The doctor-to-be is even still a good example of what may decide to get in your way it proves that no matter how hectic your life may be if your persevere all things are possible. Learning from our mistakes is our greatest hope for the future for if we cannot learn we cannot grow, and if we cannot grow we cannot advance, and if we cannot advance we will not survive. We as humans are hard wired for these sort of things like pride, accomplishment, and the ability to learn from our mistakes. We can learn from these in many ways some of them correct others not so much. Some can learn the wrong way and begin to blame others for their own misfortune. This is mostly how our world runs today and this bothers me to no extent.
Being proud is one of the most exhilarating feelings a friend, mom, sister, teacher, counselor, or coach can be, and it is obvious that you, Schahara, as a mom have felt that many times. That pride should be a lasting feeling that no one can take away. When we are able to see our offspring, our athletes, or friends accomplish something that they have been working towards for a long time, it is easy to feel that same accomplishment as you seem to do. Not only watching someone succeed but also knowing that they had to go through hardships to get where they are, make that feeling so much more thrilling, just as you are thrilled for your children. It is exciting and encouraging to hear a person be so proud!
Your words are indeed an inspiration and I have enjoyed the challenge of taking your class. In all honesty I felt an array of emotion when I read about your daughters situations. I related to both of them in so many ways and it feels good to know that good can come from the hardships people face in life. It really gave me an extra boost of encouragement. There have been multitudinous times in my life where I have not been very proud of myself. I sometimes felt as though I were alone and that nobody else had ever felt such disappointments as I had; yet, I have come to realize more and more often that I am not in this boat alone.
Ashley Guerrero
Adriana
Pride in one’s family is never a bad thing. As a mother you do the best you can to raise your children to understand the differences between right and wrong. You pray to God they always choose right, stand up for what they believe in and have the drive to go on in life. Despite all the bumps and bruises along the way I believe everyone has a choice to live the life they want. For some of us life takes us through winding roads before we realize that was not the path we wanted to take. It may take a little longer, a modest amount of redirection but we will get there!
Your words are not only inspiring to me, but they are also encouraging. Taking pride in something takes a lot of work to finally reach that particular goal, and I am trying to take pride in school this semester to be able to reach my goal. There have been so many times that I just want to give up, but I can't. My mom has been a big influence on me to finish school, and I'm sure you influenced your daughters and granddaughters, and they finally achieved their goals. Without someone taking pride in you, it wouldn't feel like as rewarding.
Reading your post on pride brings to mind a letter of recommendation I once received from a former coach and mentor. In this letter he commented not on my academic prowess or my ability to learn quickly, no. In this letter the qualities that my mentor said I exhibited were hard work and patience. The phrase he used that filled me with pride and has stuck with me was, Mark is a “grinder”, saying that I usually achieve my goals through hard work and resolve. In my opinion this was the biggest compliment that I could have received. Being flashy works for some, but every time I read the “Tortoise and The Hare” it is the Tortoise who wins the race.
I really enjoyed reading your post. Your family has accomplished a lot and I can see why you would be proud of them. I can honestly say that I do have a lot of things to take much pride in. I have 3 kids and I always tell them that they can accomplish anything and they can become whoever they want in life if they work hard at it. My 9 year old son has played soccer since he was four and had been goalie sometimes. Last year while diving to block the ball he was kicked in the face by the other player and got pretty messed up. After that being goalie was his biggest fear. Last weekend we had a tournament in Midland and our original goal keeper got hurt, my son was told that he would be the goalie. I have never seen him more terrified! He hadn't been the goalie since our little incident. After the first score by the other team, my son didn't let any other ball get passed him. Although being scared, he sure didn't show it. I was so proud of him for that! Before every game he mentioned how much he was scared to play goalie. He overcame that fear when he knew he had to help his team. He now loves being the goal keeper again.
Your blog about “pride” was very helpful for me especially when I am going through hard times in many situations of my life, the family, school, job. My life is not easy, my divorce marked a period of transition of depression, accepting that my daughter grown up and that is living away from the family is a situation very sad for everybody. My job with ups and downs, confronting racial situations, and trying to recover my dignity as a person, as a human being, leaving me with feelings of quitting in everything. But anyway with my defects and virtues trying to be something and my family are my priority now. I was very disappointment with a lots of falls in my life, but when I read your blog this encourages me to be brave and to do the right thing, not to give up
Your blog about “pride” was very helpful for me especially when I am going through hard times in many situations of my life, the family, school, job. My life is not easy, my divorce marked a period of transition of depression, accepting that my daughter grown up and that is living away from the family is a situation very sad for everybody. My job with ups and downs, confronting racial situations, and trying to recover my dignity as a person, as a human being, leaving me with feelings of quitting in everything. But anyway with my defects and virtues trying to be something and my family are my priority now. I was very disappointment with a lots of falls in my life, but when I read your blog this encourages me to be brave and to do the right thing, not to give up
Pride is being able to look back at a goal that was set and know that you accomplished it. For a lot of people, accomplishing their goals is simple but for some it's a little more challenging. Good for your family that they continue on with their heads up and never lose focus. I want the same for my children and hopefully grandchildren some day. Having goals and following thru has to be one of the hardest lessons to give to anyone must less a child. I know what I want for my own children but at times its difficult to explain why I do certain things or why I do not allow them to quit. You should be incredibly proud of your family, as your family is YOUR legacy.
I enjoyed reading this post, and I felt that it was an inspirational piece. You have a great sense of pride when it comes to your families achievements. We all should feel proud when our children accomplish their goals. The hard work that it takes them to achieve their goals are something to be proud of. When I see my children working hard to accomplish their goal it gives me a great sense of pride. Seeing the mistakes that are made, and them turning those mistakes into learning experiences is a great feeling.
I completely agree with this. In the world today and the competition that is always around us, it is very easy to give up. It takes dedication and sacrifice to achieve goals. The lessons that have taught me the most have been the hardest times in my life. Looking back on those and reading this post has made me realize again how good it felt to accomplish what seemed to be so difficult. It also gives you self respect which I understand now as pride. Having pride in not only myself, but also my family and friends is a very important life lesson and as made me not only a stronger person but closer to my loved ones.
Congratulations on your family’s impressive accomplishments. You deserve to be proud! I am lucky to also be a witness of perseverance as I have watched two of my family members recently achieve their goals after years of hard work and dedication. My dad was promoted within his company and my brother will graduate from Texas Tech University next month. Their journeys have been long, tedious, and at times painful, but they’ve made it and I couldn’t be more proud. Their actions have taught me that you have to work hard to achieve great things. Nothing that’s worth it comes easily.
This is a very interesting post and I agree with it completely. When you work hard to accomplish a goal, there is no better feeling in the world than finally achieving your set goal. This is especially rewarding when you have worked diligently for many months, dedicated to your goal. Then once you accomplish what you have set out to do, it is a great feeling. Often after you accomplish your goal, you are more proud of the countless hours of work you have put into accomplishing the goal, than the reward you received. At least I always cherish the hard work I preformed preparing for the goal, than what I received for accomplishing the goal.
Pride, to me, is difficult to understand. Sometimes I wonder what makes me happier, if I make myself proud, or if what I did made my parents proud. No matter how awesome I feel like I did at something, if my parents still don’t feel like it was good enough, then my pride seems to disappear. I feel like if you find something you honestly love and want to work hard for then the dedication means so much more than the reward. For instance, I went to the Regional level in track my freshman year. However, the weeks leading up to the Regional track meet, I didn’t work as hard to stay in shape and work on getting faster. Instead I showed up to the meet unprepared. I could have been proud of myself for making it that far, but I was mostly disappointed in myself because I didn’t put forth the effort. Pride is in dedication, and through dedication we receive our reward.
Pride can take you a long way in just about anything that you do. As long as you have the heart and pride to succeed you can be successful in just about anything that you do. Whether it’s working in the fields hoeing weeds or doing sports here at school, I can always here my parents and my coach telling me to push the hard work and it will benefit me in the end. One of the hardest times for me when I put the most pride and heart into my life is track time. Never give up and you will achieve any goal you set.
Claire Blackwell:
I truly enjoyed reading this blog. No matter who you are or what you do, every single one of these stories have some type of meaning to all of us. They all have a sense of inspiring quality to them that makes them very special to read. I can personally relate to all of these stories. Earlier this year I had to have surgery on my right shoulder and I was told that I could not play tennis this year. This was a big deal for me because I would have been the number one girl for our school. Even though this news was devastating, I thought instead of feeling sorry for my self, I should do something. I am now currently playing tennis with my left hand and having a great time doing it. This just goes to show that there is no reason for someone not to be able to reach their goals.
I truly enjoyed reading this blog. No matter who you are or what you do, every single one of these stories have some type of meaning to all of us. They all have a sense of inspiring quality to them that makes them very special to read. I can personally relate to all of these stories. Earlier this year I had to have surgery on my right shoulder and I was told that I could not play tennis this year. This was a big deal for me because I would have been the number one girl for our school. Even though this news was devastating, I thought instead of feeling sorry for my self, I should do something. I am now currently playing tennis with my left hand and having a great time doing it. This just goes to show that there is no reason for someone not to be able to reach their goals.
This blog had a great message. I loved reading about the people in it. It was very inspiring to know that even through all of the hard work they put forth, they never gave up. It might have taken them some time to achieve their goals, but they never quit. This can be a hard lesson to learn for a lot of people. Today’s society has become so lazy that one expects things to just be handed to them. I have seen this many times. A few of my family member possess the quality of laziness. Looking at them has made me realize where I would rather not be in life. They never learned that hard work will bring you great things. My parents taught me this lesson. My father has a little college education but is such a hard worker that he has achieved many rewards for his work. This is exactly why I work hard in everything I do. From school to work, I always put forth an effort because I will never know what I may get in return. Whether it be another scholarship because of my grades, or a promotion at work, anything is worth working for. I hate being grouped in with my age group because it gives people a negative look on all of the teenagers in this world. As a whole, we are lazy and usually don’t care enough to try. I work hard so I am not placed in this category. This blog could inspire many people to do great things as long as they actually try.
This was a very inspirational blog. I really enjoyed reading about how your family has overcome different obstacles in there life. To me pride is being proud of your accomplishments. When you set a goal and you finally achieve it, that feeling of success is hard to beat. There are many people in my family that I am proud of. Both my parents are teachers and are currently taking classes to be able to become principles. My brother and sister have both done several amazing things, and I am proud to call them family. I love being able to be proud of me family and share in there accomplishments.
This was a very inspirational blog. I really enjoyed reading about how your family has overcome different obstacles in there life. To me pride is being proud of your accomplishments. When you set a goal and you finally achieve it, that feeling of success is hard to beat. There are many people in my family that I am proud of. Both my parents are teachers and are currently taking classes to be able to become principles. My brother and sister have both done several amazing things, and I am proud to call them family. I love being able to be proud of me family and share in there accomplishments.
The three people in “Pride” are going to be very successful in life. It’s hard for a thirteen year old to be patient and keep following their dreams. Madi didn’t get cheerleader for a while, but she didn’t give up and she kept trying to make it. She continued to get better and her jumps continuously improved. Someone that doesn’t give up on their dreams will eventually reach them. If you never give up, you give yourself a better chance of doing what you truly wanted to do. Tania is a hard working lady that has worked many jobs it sounds like. She goes back to college and gets several degrees. She started off at a job at the radio station and she had to work her way up. She eventually became the manager of several radio stations. All of her hard work and perseverance helped her in the end achieve her goals.
Your blog was very inspiring on how to never give up on something that you really want. My boyfriend has been trying to get his license for awhile now, but his family would keep putting it off. He has wanted it really bad for a couple of years so he can take himself places and not be late because his family would always make him late to where ever he had to go. Since they passed that new law where to get your license you must take the drivers ed course to get it. He worked very hard during spring break and he finally accomplished his goal and got his license.
This blog was very inspiring and I learned a lot about what pride really is and how to overcome difficulties. In your blog, Madi, had to overcome not making cheerleader the first year and just telling herself that she is going to work harder and try again next year. Through this, I saw pride in her accomplishments once she overcame the adversity. It was something to definitely be proud of. There was also a very deep sense of pride in both of the other stories. No one ever remembers the hard work that you do for months and years before that big game or competition, but you do and that deserves some recognition and some pride in yourself. Pride can get you a long way as long as you stay humble and still try your best every time that your are competing or even practicing. Even if you fail at first, you can just try harder and do better the next time. You have to believe in yourself, like your family members did, and truly know you can do it and when you do overcome that obstacle, you can have some pride and dignity in yourself. I really enjoyed this blog and it helped me learn many things.
In my life, I have had several experiences with pride. I have two brothers, of which have overcame obstacles. My brother, Nathaniel, he is 12 about to be 13 and when he was younger he suffered from something called Hip Perthes, a disease of which something decays. In his case, it was his hip. Nathaniel was going into pre-k-kindergarten-1st-2nd-3rd… etc. Nathaniel struggled with his education from not being able to be in school, he fell very far behind. As, a sister it is hard to see someone you love fall like that, and another thing was that he didn’t really understand what it was because of how young he was. As he got older had to work, work very very hard to keep from failing as being held back. As he did… no matter the ridicule from kids about the casts down both of his legs, no matter the struggle it was to learn so much. He did, and I am so PROUD to be his sister, he means the world to me, no matter what.
When I graduate, I wish to attend Harding Simmons University. This is a very school expensive. In February I interviewed for the Honors Program at HSU in hopes of not only taking part in the amazing program, but also because of the $3,000 dollar scholarship that accompanies membership. After spring break I discovered I was the runner-up candidate. This news devastated me. I immediately began praying about finding other sources of scholarships. Two weeks after I learned I had not made it, I received an e-mail informing me the program had expanded and a spot was now available. My dream became a reality. The sense of pride I gained from knowing my hard work had finally paid off was overwhelming.
*Hardin. Can't even spell the name of the college I want to attend. >.<
I really enjoyed the blog on "Pride" because I can relate to it. When I was going to be a freshman, I tried out for cheerleader and did not make it. When the next year came, I did my best and made it. I was so proud of myself because I did not let the year before bring me down. Just like Tania and Darcy, I have returned to college. It gives me hope to read that they are successful with both of their degrees. I know that hard work in school will be a great lesson that will serve me for the rest of my life too, and it will be rewarding as well.
The blog made me realize the lesson of life to never give up. Most importantly when things get hard you need to keep your head held high, and never quit. I enjoyed reading about the success all the people in your blog had, and simply because they tried hard and kept faith. The message put forth can be an extremely hard concept for some people to understand. In today’s society many teenagers and younger age groups are considered technologically dependent and lazy; however, I would like to say I could somewhat exclude myself from the naming. I have excelled in everything I do. The reward you get in the end, whether it is only your pride or an actual award, is a great feeling.
Pride is a happy satisfied feeling that someone has when someone achieves something special that others admire. This is an importing thing that all people should experience. I have experienced pride just recently. I was able to advance to the area track meet and I was proud of myself and others were proud of me as well. It is a great feeling of accomplishment. Although I didn’t do too well at the area track meet I was still proud that I was able to compete, and will run with my teammates in the 800 meter relays at the regional meet at South Plains in a few weeks. Even if we don’t get to compete at state I am proud of my teammates and I.
Pride, can be the most wonderful thing to have, or the most dangerous. Being proud of other people, even when they beat you at something, is one of the most wonderful things we can do. Losing at something or not making the football team can be extremely hard, but the way we deal with that is what makes us stronger. To continue to work hard and put forth even more dedication towards what we’re striving for will only makes us better people. Our true reward is finding how much heart we have through the struggle, not how easy life can come to us.
Although I am still in high school I have had many ups and downs, nothing has really ever came easily to me. I have always had to study extra hard to make the same grades my classmates make while they don’t study half the time. When I participated in track from Jr. High until my sophomore year I had to run more than everyone else but it paid off I won 1st and 2nd in the 800m run every time. I have had to work constantly to get my golf score lower and lower and we advanced to the regional golf meet again this year. I have learned more about myself this year that I have my whole life and I am very proud of myself for accomplishing my goals. I will be attending Lubbock Christian University next fall and I am very excited to get started on a new chapter of my life. Thank you for letting the class read your blog I really enjoyed it!
I have always been told that life is about doing something worth being proud of. To be able to be proud of something, in my opinion, you have to accomplish something against all odds. This blog is written very well, but then again, you are an English professor! :) In this blog you talk about how your family members never gave up and that that was a very good lesson for them to learn. I agree with that completely. You should never give up on something you really want. I am sure the blog “Pride” has inspired many people who have read it to keep reaching for their goals.
Pride is a funny thing as it can be positive or negative… depending upon our attitude. If we take pride in something we have made or someone we love then this is positive pride. We are proud of a particular thing and we have every right to be… such as the story of your granddaughter and two daughters. What a great story. This is the kind of pride that we should have rather than being too prideful and seeing ourselves better than something or someone. I applaud your granddaughter. Most young people her age become embarrassed that they didn’t make the squad and are too afraid to get up and try again. There are very few that would have the kind of determination that she had. Both of your daughters also must be very determined.
First off I would like to start off by saying that the three family members that do care are very interesting people. I got excited for them and I do not even know them. The way that you right about them makes me think that you are very close to them. You have a lot of respect for them and you want to see them succeed. I think that the stories you told were of great interest and really showed that even if you do have pride in something it does not always lead to destruction. It was very interesting.
Having pride in something or someone means that you are satisfied with something you have accomplished, or take credit for something you are proud of. Doing something rather difficult that nobody believed you were capable of doing usually gives a person the pleasure of feeling skilled and rare. I have noticed that whenever people are in charge of something immense like another human being, they tend to experience the most pride. They raise their children in order to help them live up even their wildest dreams and carry out their toughest goals. Your family was determined enough to go after what they want and they were rewarded for it.
Pride is an important driving force in what we do. Without pride in what we do attempts will just end as attempts. We will not accomplish what we set out to do. The three people in the blog show us this. It is also a receipt of a job well done. We take pride in our accomplishments. The post shows that not just the individual may fell pride for their accomplishment but those around them may also feel pride for them. We do not feel the pride for ourselves but for them. We are proud when they stick with it or try again.
Pride is something that sometimes can be a bad thing if you have too much of it. I think that it is still a good thing to have though. Without pride people wouldnt have any self-confidence. To have pride in yourself is to be happy and enjoy what you have accomplished. For example, I have pride in myself for being able to graduate early, but i don't have too much pride to think I am better than anyone else because of it. I would say pride is a good thing to have for us humans, but some people take it way too far.
This post was very inspiring to me. The dedication that these people had and determination to keep going was so impressive and definitely something to envy. I plan on going into a field that will be very risky and will take a lot of practice and persistence to succeed. Stories like this really help me to keep going and to follow my dreams that I have been holding on to for so long. So next year when I am in college working towards my goals and get in a rut, I will definitely remember back to this blog post and hopefully it will inspire me to keep pressing on. ☺
I loved this story about Pride. All people should have pride and self respect for themselves. I can relate most to the girl going back and retrying out for cheerleading. It can be very demeaning from the student body from not making it in the first place, but to have perseverance and not giving up she got what she wanted. You should never give up on something you truly want. I believe everything worked hard for is more rewarding then just given. People remember it more when knowing they gave it their all. I may never be the best basketball player and I will never be the “favorite”, but I earn what I get. My playing time and rewards are well earned. Some people just get them given to them, but if that were true I wouldn’t be who I am today and have the worth ethic I have.
Kendal Shoulders: Dr. Schahara – I can see why you are so proud of the accomplishments of your daughters, son-in-law, and granddaughter. I especially appreciate that it is not the actual accomplishments that fill you with pride, but the hard work, determination, positive attitudes, and personal sacrifices. Congratulations to you and your family members. It’s great to see hard work pay off.
As an athlete, I too am learning the benefits of hard work, commitment, and dedication to a cause. Over the last two years, I have been a member of the Shallowater Varsity Tennis Team. I started out last year with absolutely no experience in tennis. This year, my teammates and I earned a spot in the State 3A Tennis Tournament and next week, I am going to Regionals to compete for a spot at the State 3A Individual Tennis Tournament. I am proud of how my efforts have paid off and it fills me with pride to know I have made my family, friends, coaches, and teammates very proud too.
Your post is interesting, to say the least. Pride is a complex thing. While having some is good for you and can make you confident in your life, to much is a negative thing that bothers people and makes you seem arrogant. Naturally, if you don't have any pride, you won't be able to summon the will to fight for anything, but having to much will make you put little effort into trying because you think you won't need to- neither of those are good effects. However, if you have the kind of pride that most people have, then there is many positive effects. You'll be confident, and not be scared to try. You won't feel worthless and will always have a reason to go on. At the same time, you'll be aware of the possibility of failure and you will act to the best of your ability to succeed. I agree with you on the idea that it is not directly related to destruction, but I feel that if you get to prideful, it will lead to irresponsible behavior, and indirectly lead to your destruction. I do agree that pride in others should NEVER be controlled, however. All in all, you made an interesting post.
I admired the people you described in your blog. The world that we live in definitely has come to an "I don't care" attitude, and it is truly scary. The economy that we are living in is taking drastic cuts. This should give this generation more determination than ever to rise to the hard times and overcome these situations. However, that is not what is going on. Many people struggle to find a drive and motivation to be as successful as they can in life. Often times I see people doing just what they have to do to get by, and when you see this it is truly disheartening. We have to find a pride for ourselves to better our lives for the people that live around us, and for the people that follow us!
After reading this amazing blog about pride, I could not believe how truly touched I felt. I can relate to the majority of the family members you talked about, and it is so amazing how they came through the finish with such pride. I think the member I can relate to most, would have to be your granddaughter Madi. I feel everyday that I fail at something. Sometimes I give up with no pride, and this just showed me that if you push through the hard times you can finish the race with a great amount of pride on your shoulders.
---Kylee Smith
Pride is said to be one of the seven deadly sins. I can defiantly see that it can be dangerous, but it is also necessary part of life. If you do not have enough then you lack self confidence and the drive to complete your goals. If you have too much then you are too sure of your self, and this can lead to a "I can do anything I want and there wont be any consequences" attitude. It is a fine line that some people find difficult to walk without falling to one side or the other. If you can find the right balance then you will be surprised at the difference it make in your life.
I was actually thinking a lot about what is going to happen in the next couple of months. Right now my sister is about to get out of medical school and enter Residency at Corpus Christi, Texas. She will have a 6 digit figure of debt and I decided to help her out by having a garage sale on my end and giving the money to her. I was a gamer (still am, but hardly play as much as I used to,) and I am selling about half of my collection to help my sister, along with various other things. I am hoping to raise enough to maybe help her pay close to a month of rent so she can save her money on her tremendous medical school debt. I am very proud of her and I am hoping her the best over the next few years.
I like your take on pride and you do a great job explaining it through your family’s accomplishments. I think many of us tend to give up too easy when it comes to staying committed to reaching a goal or an accomplishment. I think pride has a vital role on how much effort we put into things. I have learned from myself and others that it is the day in day out little things that make a difference. For myself, I carry great pride in the work I currently do in designing video control rooms. Its great to see a job completed knowing I had a part in the design.
Patrick Wells:
Pride is a defining value in anyone’s life. I enjoyed reading about your relatives and how they used their pride to make positive events happen in their lives. Pride is not always a good thing though. Many people take their pride and use it in a negative form to hurt others. I have seen other people that take pride in their social standing and use it to show others just how high and mighty they think they may be. However, this is obviously not the case with your relatives and you have much to be proud of.
zPride can be shown in many different ways. It can also have some very complexed meanings with it. Pride can be used in a good way like when you stand up for something you may have a lot of pride in what you stand up for. Or it could be something bad and you may do something wrong and someone might say you need more pride to do the right thing. Today in our world we could use more people with pride, to have people to do the right thing more than to do what is wrong. If you don’t have pride in your life, to me it just seems wrong if you don’t.
Jacob Wright:
“Show class, has pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.” - Paul Bryant.
Whenever I am surfing the internet, I like to take the time to look up quotes. To me I think that this quote directly relates to your blog. When I read this quote I realized that pride, though it usually has to do with arrogance, can also be used to describe a feeling of being proud. I think that your blog and this quote can go together, hand in hand. I think that your family, not only showed the pride, they showed the class, and in result, winning comes naturally to them.
I have always thought that pride was one of the seven deadly sins. Your story has showed me something that I have been realizing in the last year. You can have pride without being arrogant like Jacob was saying. You can also have a feeling of confidence knowing that you are dedicated to something good. I know think there is two sides to pride in the bible. Pride as in being proud of something bad or telling everyone in the world that you are better than them. The other side is being proud of something good like being proud of your accomplishments and not going around saying you are better than everyone.
I found the blog interesting in a way; how one family was so successful in the world. I especially found how your daughter, that took the job of entry-level sales staffer at the local radio station, most interesting. I would also be proud of her for doing three tough years of financial work to reach a point to where she “got her own talk show; she became station manager of not only the local radio station, but several others; and she received a financial incentive package, making made those very, very difficult three years, worth every effort.” I would too be prouder of the dedication than the reward when it comes to her situation.
I find myself reading this blog at the most appropriate time. Your pride in your family for their dedication and hard work demonstrates the best of pride at work.
My own experience was one that didn’t end so triumphantly at first. After months of dedication, hard work, being discriminated against, and hatred from the advisor, I was left with the decision of going to compete for a state title I earned in FCCLA or resigning. Though my pride screamed differently, my wisdom knew not going was ultimately the right decision. Ironically by deciding to be wise and not prideful, I am in fact more proud of myself than I have ever been.
You wrote “…I know how well this lesson will serve her the rest of her life.” From this I found the best way to describe pride; pride is a teacher to all in the broad subject of life. The lessons it teaches are the ones that an individual holds on to forever. The most important one I personally learned is this: there is a time to be prideful, a time to be wise, and time where the two can coexist.
This blog was very interesting to me and is an image of what I am going through in my own life at this time. Pride is something that does not come cheap. Mistakes have to be made to make you realize that you need pride and determination to be able to achieve what you want out of life. I do believe that if generations are conscious of what they do and help to prevent up coming generations from making the same mistakes then a lot can be accomplished later on in the generations to come. In my world my life has almost imitated my mothers.
I believe in the core values of America such as freedom and liberty. I believe in the American Dream where you can start out with nothing and work your way to success. I believe in dedication and hard work being key components to success.
I also believe in compassion. There are a few who cannot help themselves and we should help take care of them when we can.
I believe in all men and women are created equal. I know this is a constant struggle in our country but is a goal that we must constantly work for.
I am just glad to be living here where I can vote, drive a car, own land, marry or not marry as I wish. I am glad that I have the opportunity to go to school. I can choose my job. I wasn't given to anyone in for marriage against my will.
With all the negative aspects of the world that surrounds us, many people find themselves unmotivated and feeling like they have no support. I feel like you repeated the phrase “prouder of her dedication than her reward. I know how well this lesson will serve her the rest of her life,” to show not only that you are proud of your family, but to show them that you have an undying hope for their futures. It made me realize how I don’t always give my whole heart into things and I seem to be less dedicated on achieving a goal and more focused on getting rewarded.
I do believe pride does come before the fall even after reading the blog entry. Although I don’t completely agree that the examples given were actually prideful. I believe that the examples given in the blog where less of a prideful nature and more of a admiration for the accomplishments and hard work of a proud mother for her family. I see no problem with the gloating of mother about her children do not categorize it as being prideful. Being prideful to me would be if the examples where construed so that the credit going in the mothers favor.
Tyka Dipprey
Once again, reading one of your blogs has been so inspiring and such a great thought provoker. I can definitely relate to your granddaughter Madi with her cheerleading. I have a similar story. I also tried out for cheerleader for the first time and missed it by one vote. Though I was totally crushed I tried out again my freshman year and made it and a few weeks ago I tried out again and made it. I know how proud I was of getting better just like Madi and it's so cool to read about someone else who has done a similar thing. I really liked this blog and all the inspiring stories that were in it.
I can relate to your feelings of being a proud mother although I would not categorize them as being prideful in the negative sense of the word. Every time I see my two year old son struggle with something and then watch his face light up once he figures out how to do what it is he is trying to do, my heart swells with pride as I know he kept trying until he accomplished his goal. The same goes for my eleven month old who is currently learning to stand on his own with his first step soon to come.
Pride is such a wonderful thing. I have to say that reading your blog is an inspiration to me. I have had many more downs than ups lately, but have decided to put pride first and accomplish the goals I have set out in front of me. Pride and determination go hand in hand, and I believe with all my heart that with both, anyone can make dreams come true and accomplish anything that they struggle with or have been defeated by in the past. At one point or another in our lives we have to put one foot in front of the other, or practice our flip flops like your granddaughter, and let ourselves feel with pride when we accomplish what we have intended.
Pride, taken from the accomplishment of others I feel is healthy and quite noble. There should be no concern for a fall, it is when consumed with oneself that pride is destructive. I too am proud of the people close to me, when they show the stamina to achieve their goals as described in this piece. I often tell them; people should not judge you that you fell but by how you get up and continue. Seeing someone achieve their goals, after putting in all the hard work, and sacrifice is some of the sweetest nectar this life has to offer.
Mrs. Schahara, I am so glad you posted this story and made it an assignment in your English class. I am sure you are a very proud mother as well as grandmother. All three stories, I found inspiring, but the one that made an impact on me is the one about your grand daughter. She did not make the cheer leading squad her first time trying out, but she was determined and showed that by working diligently to accomplish her goal. How, ironic, I had that ambition as a child growing up. I hated to fail and if I did, I worked hard to succeed the second time around. As an adult I have lost that ambition and tend to give up at times. I considered dropping out of college because I wasn't doing so well in some classes. Giving up with out really putting forth a 100 percent is taking the easy route in life that leads to no where. I know my grades do not reflect the student that I am capable of being. One assignment that I took pride in was the essay that the class had to write over a short story that was in the literature book. I got a 95 on it and you left comments that I will always remember. You told me that I turned in a great paper. After reading those comments, I know that if I work hard and focus on my assignments like I should, good results should be the outcome if I never give up. Thank you for posting this. I needed to read this. I will never settle for less than my best ever again in life
I’m glad that you made me think of pride in a different way than usual. When I hear the word “pride,” I automatically think of it in a negative manner, pride in oneself, and getting a big head. I never really think of being proud of someone else. However, there are many people in my life that I am proud of and rather than being something negative and destructive it is a good thing and as you mention with your daughter and granddaughter, it is the journey rather than the reward that makes us proud. Thank you for showing me through your family’s experiences that pride can have a positive connotation.
-Michelle H.
I agree with this blog because i have been through something similar to this. I have been through a lot of situations that had to deal with pride. I am in the sport of track and field and as we all know sports equal injury, so getting hurt isn't an option it will come sooner or later.I have been to the to top and everything was going great until injury came, i fell all the way to the bottom but my pride didn't keep me away from the sport i am determined to get back to the top of the table.
There is a lot to be said about pride, often times pride is seen in a negative light. I believe there are times that pride is a motivator of sorts. I agree whole heartedly with you that pride should be about the journey and not necessarily the destination. A common saying is "easy come, easy go." and i believe this to fall into that category of pride. I know i have faced some pretty trying times in my life, that have caused me to take some hard roads. Right now I am on one of those roads, and while it is difficult, I know that it is worth it.
Destruction may very well be the outcome of pride, but is the motivation, hope, and dedication that derives from this pride not worth the destruction that may follow? Of course, destruction must follow anything and everything as all things, good or bad, must come to an end. Having pride in one's own accomplishments or the accomplishments of others is an important aspect of imparting these life lessons - the pride that one feels or receives gives each and every person the boost that they need to continue. We must learn from our own mistakes, but take a step back and let others learn from their mistakes as well. As much as it may hurt to stand aside and watch those close to us fail, the pride that we gain from seeing them succeed is worth it.
After reading this blog, I have a lot more confidence in myself. I see that everyone has to struggle to get to the end of the tunnel. I am really proud of myself. I have been married for the past two and a half years. I have a son, who is one year and a month old. During the summer I decided to go back to school, which has been such a great decision. It is really stressful at times but I am dedicated to do anything to have a better future for my family but mostly for my son. This is the thing that I am most proud of.
Sonya Stanley says
Pride...sometimes seen as arrogance, but more often as admiration. I take great pride in my children. Their dad became ill when they were young and rapidly became a very unhappy and bitter man. Much of this was taken out on us. The kids understood that he was sick and not himself, but it was a difficult time. He's been gone for 11 years now. Thankfully, they both have some good memories of him and these are the ones they choose to focus on. They learned patience and gained strength from our trials and tribulations and have become well-rounded productive individuals. For these things, I am very proud...and thankful.
Although my 20 month old son has obviously not done something as huge as graduating with a masters, the tasks he has to over come or the things he has to learn are difficult for a 20 month old. I have experienced the same pride towards him for the accomplishments he overcomes that are hard for him. It mostly prides me to see him work so hard at something then accomplish it and the joy on his face when he realizes "hey! I did it" is all the more wonderful. For instance right now he is learning his ABC's although he can only get to H he tries so hard to sing the whole song with me or repeat after me and every time he gets a new letter in my heart is filled with joy and pride for him. I know he will accomplish many other things that will set pride in my heart even greater than now.
I think certain kinds of pride are bad, being to proud to admit being wrong is one, it can lead one to never take a lesson away from a mistake. Being to proud to accept help is another, this can often make life harder sometimes help needs to be seen as a blessing from God not as a hand out or as people looking down on you. The pride that you get when you or someone you love puts lots of hard work,effort, and love into something and gets to their goal is good pride. Good pride makes you proud of accomplishments that you have achieved through hard work not just being given something. Theses are just my own personal opinions on pride.
Caitlyn Sprous in english 0302
I really enjoyed your blog on Pride, i believe that order to have pride is to show strength in yourself and toward others. Also to have dedication order to do the stuff you need to do order to gain pride. I also believe that if you work hard with that dedication you will receive that pride in yourself. Back in July i was in my first wreck, it was not my falt but the first few weeks after the wreck i felt i could not drive again; I did not want to. With dedication and determination I finally gained that willingness to drive again. Now I am proud of myself for gaining that "want" to drive. To this blog you wrote i feel like it is good pride, which i believe every family should have.
Denise Fuller
I think pride plays a very big part in every ones life. a lot of people have to much pride. Which sometimes keep people from doing what they really want, or doing something they really do not want to do.I have lots of pride sometimes it can be good and sometimes it can be bad. Since i was 16 I wanted to be a nurse. i obtained my nursing assistant when is was 17. I then enrolled into a community college in Hobbs NM. I then got into a relationship and he made me with draw all my classes. I never gave up though. I still had it set in my heart that i was going to be a nurse. 7 years later i am once again enrolled in school, ready to get my LVN. Pride is a must with me, I encourage my kids on the daily that you have to love yourself, keep pushing yourself in order to get to where we need to be.
When I was in middle school, basketball was my life. I played even if I was sick or hurt. I ended up getting a concussion in one of my best games though. I was the high scorer on our team and I was not going to sit out the rest of the game. This team we were playing against was our rivalry. We wanted to beat them so bad! I knew if I didn’t play that we would probably lose. Yes my teammates were good as well but I was the best post and without me in they wouldn’t be able to make those easy shots like I could. So when my coach was doing the concussion test on me I lied to her and told her I could see just fine and that I wanted to be put back in the game. Me being the good liar I am she believed me. We ended up winning and I played the rest of the game. It took a toll on me though because that night was horrible. I let my pride for basketball get the best of me.
I believe pride is a good thing most of the time. Just like in my case though sometimes you can let your pride get to you, which causes effects that you could of, prevented. I love when people have pride though. To me it shows their character better and how much they truly love something. I would never change anything I’ve done in my life due to my pride.
- Victoria Martinez
I can't help but smile as I read this blog. I see the struggle for the goal ahead, the light at the end of the tunnel being reached,the milestones that have been completed and all the great learning experiences that have been planted and than reaped. The ultimate reward is the sense of accomplishment. The pride from doing what you know you have to do and getting it done no matter what the cost. There is hope for a better tomorrow.
Pride:
Pride for many people has different meanings, it also has multiple meanings for one person. As for me, I take pride in being a mother, wife, Christian, and helpful person. I was raised to not only have pride in myself and what I do, but have learned that our name is our virtue. It is important to listen to our conscience when making decisions so that at the end of the day we can also have pride in what we did. If a person doesn't have pride in what they do, I don't feel like that person can suceed in life and will not grow in what they do. There are alot of things people can learn when going through a trial besides just having pride in the trials that got them there.
Pride
I can't help but smile as I read this blog. I see the struggle for the goal ahead, the light at the end of the tunnel being reached,the milestones that have been completed and all the great learning experiences that have been planted and than reaped. The ultimate reward is the sense of accomplishment. The pride from doing what you know you have to do and getting it done no matter what the cost. There is hope for a better tomorrow.
Really enojoyed reading your blog. I myself have been experiencing these sort of accomplishments with family. I became a mother two years ago and boy was I nervous. But I was so excited at the same time. Once my little one was born, it was like my motherly instincts kicked in right away. Now my little boy is two and I am still alive! I have already helped him accomplish so much. My husband and I also have accomplished some major goals in life together. We are 25 years old and just finished paying off our very first house. We are parents and we also attend college. My husband also works a full-time job. It's very nice when family accomplishes great things because you know that somewhat had a role in it as well.
Jessica Martinez ENGL
What mothers’ heart doesn’t get filled with pride as she watches her child accomplish a task even if it takes years. My son now two has accomplished all the milestones that are expected in occur in his two years of life. I feel pride in my heart for every one of them big or small, mostly prides me to see him work so hard at something then accomplish it and the joy on his face when he realizes "hey! I did it" is all the more wonderful. For instance jumping, this task seems so easy and comes to us as adults very easy most of us probably do not even remember not being able to do something so simple. My son however at the age of two learned how to jump with both feet leaving the ground, as his father and I both cheered and clapped in excitement, his eyes lit up as he slowly realized he had finally accomplished the challenge of both feet leaving the ground.my heart was filled with joy and pride for him because he had been working a while. I know he will accomplish many other things that will set pride in my heart even greater than now.
There is good pride and bad pride, being to proud to admit being wrong is one, it can lead one to never take a lesson away from a mistake. Being to proud to accept help is another, this can often make life harder sometimes help needs to be seen as a blessing from God not as a hand out or as people looking down on you. The pride that you get when you or someone you love puts lots of hard work, effort, and love into something and gets to their goal is good pride. Good pride makes you proud of accomplishments that you have achieved through hard work not just being given something. These are just my own personal opinions on pride.
Have you ever felt this kind of pride? Is pride a good or bad thing?
I feel that the word pride is mostly looked at as a negative trade, but in the 2nd Galatians 8:24 it says “Therefore show these men (children) the proof of your love and the reason for our pride in you, so that the church (children) can see it”. Mothers cannot help it, but to prove their love to their children with a strong sense of pride. If mothers did not have a sense of pride towards their children, they would not be strong enough to raise them in this tuff world. I am very proud of my two beautiful and intelligent daughters. My oldest has been taking all Pre-AP classes since the sixth grade, and was inducted in the Cooper NJHS her first year in Middle School. She is now scheduling her classes for High School, and she was telling me that she was signing up for the highest math class, and that she was qualified to take it. My fourth grader is my graceful one, who can work out a math problem like a machine. Both of my girls are very indented, and responsible with great personalities. Pride is a feeling or deep pleasure of satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, so if our children succeed in their lives we can’t help it to sense pride. I feel that mothers have a natural built in pride for their children so that their love for the child never ends, and that we can cry with them and we can jump through the most difficult hoops with them.
LOVING MOTHERHOOD
~Anna
Pride to me is more than just a word, it’s a feeling, satisfaction, its joy, I’m very familiar with this word because I have a lot of pride in me that I can accomplish whatever I set my mind to. Like in this post of Mrs. Schahara that she talks about her granddaughter, and her two daughters they all have pride of coming out on top and achieve what they set their minds to. She has pride in them and says that her family is hard working and that they are not quitters.
I identify myself with these three unique persons because I was also raised in an environment of taking pride and extending it to more than just a word to never quit, finishing what I started. One situation that I think pride is a good thing is when I experienced it myself, when I went to go fight in a MMA competition. During the fight my pride was so much that I just wanted to beat this guy and not let this guy beat me no matter what but, as pride can be a good thing so can it be a bad thing. Pride got to me so much that during the fight I blocked the whole world around me even my coach the one person I should be listening to I totally ignored him and just wanted to beat this guy on my own because of my selfish pride, but at the end of the day because of pride I stood victorious in the ring and have pride that I won an MMA fight.
I think it is fabulous to hear, how three of your family members where able to change situations around from a negative to a positive. Who wouldn't have pride from that. Sometimes is takes one to hit the bottom first before they can come back up, and when that happens one feels pride and accomplishments from that and can walk with their head held high. I have felt this pride before. I worked on an assembly line for five years and worked hard at it. Finally one day I was approached by upper management, and asked if I had ever considered a management position, because this person thought that I was a very hard and dedicated employee. I said I had considered it before, but thought I'd never get promoted, so I left it like that, and stayed on the assembly line. About a couple of months had gone by and then all of a sudden an opening had come open for that specific position so I applied. I had my interview and it seemed to have gone well. I was then notified that that position had been filled by an employee who had seniority over me, and I was ok with that. A couple of days had gone by when one of the managers that had interviewed me came up too me and told me to put my resume back in, because they would be putting in three more jobs for that management position, so I did. I got one of the positions and I was so happy and walked with my head held high and full of pride that they really wanted me to be management, and was given the opportunity.
Wow, this blog was very interesting, and inspirational. It was incredible that three of the family members had a rough start in life but, they never gave up in what they were going for, and kept going forward never let obstacles get in there way no matter how rough the waves were. There pride is something that gets me fired up just by reading about there struggles, and there accomplishments. I had that kind of pride when I was around 16 or 17 years old. When I had entered a Jiu-Jutsu tournament my very first one too. I was so pumped up about that I could not hold my excitement any longer. So when I finally went up to my first round my pride was bursting out that I would not lose my first tournament. Because of my pride I had and the will too never gave up I had won first place in my weight division even though, in some of my rounds I had little or no stamina left I managed to gather all of it too finish each and every round to claim first. In my opinion I believe that pride is a good thing for people. Pride can give you the confidence you want to achieve what your aiming for know matter what lies beyond the arisen. Pride can also help others get inspired by your actions, and your confidence on what you say, and do, pride can help both you and others get an extra step in life.
I think that pride is a positive thing for me every time. Pride is the engine of my life. Military service is a mandatory in South Korea. Therefore, all Korean men have to go to the military, and I had to go to military for my duty as well. When I was 21 years old, I joined the military service as a combat police. At that time, there were so many protests in South Korea, and my job was to break up the demonstrations. It was very difficult and dangerous. Sometimes, I was afraid, but I didn’t give up. One day, I patrolled my round with my colleagues, and we saw pickpockets, and we tried to arrest them. However, it was not easy, because they ran away. When we caught them up, they resisted. Finally, we arrested them. After that, the victim of theft came to my police office to see me, and she said “I really appreciate you guys.” I was really proud of my helping someone. In addition, I received an award for this event from a chief police. After finishing my military service, what I experienced as a combat police made me feel very proud and confident. It also encourages me and makes me not to give up when I challenge something to do. Here is an example. When I came to the U.S. one year ago, I started to study English at ELS in the lowest level. Studying English was very difficult for me, and I had homesick. However, I never gave up studying English. Finally, I graduated first among the students who started to study in the same class, and I got acceptance letter from South Plains College. I am proud of me. This will affect the rest of my life.
Pride: I feel pride only when I do something for others, as my own accomplishments bring forth more a feeling closer to that of relief, knowing I can move on to the next challenge. I don’t worship myself, and humility is a way of life for me. Being useful to others makes my life worth more than doing everything for profit or personal gain. Pride isn’t something that can be bought or taught. It comes from within, it can be used for motivation and it can be the cause of your demise. If there is a sense of pride in the way you work, the way you treat your family and friends, and the way you treat strangers, it will lead to wonderful things. When representing others or serving others you feel validated in your belonging and you then have a conviction. Convictions’ define who you are as a person, producing pride when doing things in the name of what ever it is you represent. Too much pride is dangerous, no one is perfect, and pride can lead to complacency. Humans are excellent adapters, it’s a requirement to survival, and if you think you are perfect, having no room for improvement, you will surely be defeated or left behind. Pride - Use With Caution!
Pride can mean different things to me. It is wonderful that pride can have so many different meanings. When I read this blog I was thinking of all things that I have accomplished I should have pride in my things weather I make a mistake or not. Pride is a wonderful thing because can make you feel better from the inside out. I believe pride is one of the best things to have to make your life the best thing possible. When you have pride it is the best thing ever because I do seem to have better self esteem.
Pride to me means respecting yourself and feeling that you are important and deserve the respect from other people. It’s the feeling you have when you know how important you are and know that the things you want are achievable and going after your dreams because you have that confidence in yourself and in your goals. Pride makes you feel good about yourself because it is believing in yourself and knowing that with determination and confidence anything can be accomplished.
I thought your blog about “Pride” was a life learning advice that you could give anyone reading. Your family seems to be very persistent and will try 110% to try to accomplish what they have their mind set on. Some people just give up; when they think they cannot reach their goal. They think, oh I will never get there and just give up. Reading about your daughter and grand daughter and their accomplishments is amazing. They never gave up. I could understand how that could be rewarding for you and how you are proud of them.
Sophie Aguallo
Your blog post is amazing and so insightful! In my opinion you have such an optimistic view on life, and I'm so happy for you that you're pleased to see your family grow and develop more and more.
-Marki Kennedy
from English 1301
Great post Mrs. Hudelson. I Think pride is something many of us do not focus on as much anymore. Pride is something you get up to every morning to create. Without pride there is no happiness in life at some point. At some point you have to create pride to better yourself. My proudest moment was when i made the baseball team in high school. Looking back it wasn't as big of a deal as i thought it was at the time but it still registered as the biggest thing in my life at the time and it created a lot of self pride for myself. Having great self pride can change a persons life. Sometimes with myself i think i can get my pride caught up in the wrong things. Like getting caught up in sports will not create as much self pride as things like eating right and working out. It is important to always know what will create self pride and work on those things as opposed to instant gratification actions. Like eating poorly and not working out can create some happiness at first because who doesn't like to eat greasy foods, and very few enjoy working out hard in the gym after eating poorly but those things add up and can create a bad sense of pride. When we work hard in school, athletics, working out and creating a better overall person our pride is so much greater than when you try for instant gratification. -- For me, pride is important, I work hard to acheive it great self pride because if you have it, that means you're doing something right. Over the years i have done a better job of realizing what creates pride and what doesn't, thats something that i feel a lot of us struggle with.
That is a lot of things to be proud of. Congrats on all of your family’s accomplishments.
I enjoyed reading your blog and can feel the pride you have for your family's accomplishments and even more so for their dedication. It is refreshing and inspiring to hear stories like these especially while I work towards my goal in school, being a mother of two and working full time. I absolutely agree the hard work and dedication will give you more pride than any rewards you may receive. I plan to show this to my children so they will be successful in whatever they choose to do. Thank you for sharing!
I really enjoyed reading your blog post. I can see why you are so proud of your family members. I like how you said, "prouder of her dedication, than her reward" I loved that statement. I think that is how people get the misconception about pride. You can be a proud person, and it not be a negative thing. It should be a good thing! But be proud of the right things!
Thank you for sharing!
Pride is such a great feeling, with the great sense of accomplishment you feel within yourself or someone else you love or care about.Sounds like you have a wonderful family.It seems you have taught them a great quality in life," To never give up, no matter what life throws at you." Your family sounds very passionate about what they want in life and their goals in life. I wish you and your family luck in the future with all your dreams and goals in life.
When I first read the title of your blog I had a different idea of what it was going to be about. I at first thought it was going to be about why we should not be prideful or something like that, but after reading it I realized that I was wrong in every way. I found the blog to be very sweet and sentimental. I loved how you pointed out that each of your daughters and grand-daughter were more proud of their dedication than their reward. This says a lot about their character. I also see why you are proud of them. All of their accomplishments and just who they are as individuals. It says a lot as to how you raised them and what kind of an influence you had on their lives. You have every right to be proud.
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