I remember vaguely that when i was little my daddy said 'always have pride with whatever you do.' And of course like most people it takes a while for a lessons true meaning to settle in. But, I eventually learned that if you don't have enough, that people will walk all over you and you won't get anywhere in life. But if you have too much, then people will be running out of there way to make sure they never have anything to do with you. It's all about balance in my point of view.
I remember when I was in 3rd grade, and I wanted to play football with a few of the guys. But, of course they wouldn't let me because I was a girl. So, I held onto my pride like the stubborn ass I am, and proved to them that i could most definately throw... but i ended up throwin a rock, and hit one of them in the eye =/. Haha, that's probably one of my favorite memories. But hey, if I hadn't tried to prove him wrong, then he never would of gotten a black eye. And in my book I consider that a once in a while experience... so I had no need to apolagize ^_^ But then of course I got in trouble, which wasn't too fun.
So yeah, I think that it was a very good lesson my parents taught me. And I'm glad they did, because I really don't like the idea of someone else pushing me around and telling me what to do all the time...
