Pride - A Capital Sin

When you have done something awful, just admit that you were wrong. Everybody makes mistakes ... so why carry the burden  ... and distress yourself?

I could not fathom why somebody has to go that length to lie ... or straighten up a situation and make it appear that a WRONG thing is RIGHT.  

Does it bother you that somebody will discover that you can also make mistakes? And that you have to keep and hide it ... to make yourself feel better? 

Or is it your PRIDE ... or your low self-esteem dictating "You need to fib and save face ... retain respect ... or you will be humiliated!"

I would rather cut to the chase and start to accept my mistakes.  It is a tough act when you start spewing lies ... and the next person will come asking the same question ... don't tell me you are going to lie again?  In the process ... you became a serial liar all your life.

This a vicious cycle ... and it needs to stop! PRIDE is the root of all evil. Pride will force you to vacillate and go to extremes. In the far right, pride will either demand you will wear that mask all the time or you make the facade as strong as it can be ... to avoid humiliation. If you waver, on the far left ... pride will make you get cloistered ... or you decided to enter a nunnery (seclusion) just so you will not be exposed.

Or worse... the pride in you will dictate that you will not talk to your family ... lest they will say something that doesn't match your idea of getting a pep talk. You shield yourself from these sermons and in turn, you feel disgusted about yourself, how you allowed your pride to consume you ... and made you become the monster that you are now. 

See what pride can do? Don't feel into the trap ... and for crying out loud ... refuse its invitation.

False Pride

This is the anatomy of pride.  Somebody is extending his arm to save you ... but pride is pulling you down to the precipice. He'd rather let you fall ... than be alive.  He'd rather let you die ... than face the consequences of what you did.

This is FALSE PRIDE at its finest!

Joshua Azares From Capiz Won!

Joshua Azares won the much coveted Mr. World Universe International 2023 in a glittering finale at Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam last May 26, 2023.  First Runner Up was Vietnam.  This victory is sweet because the winner is an Ilonggo from Dao Capiz.

Revenge travel, Mr. President?

Pageant Result: World Fitness Supermodel 2023

The winners of World Fitness Supermodel 2023 from left to right. Rushikesh Patil - India - Fourth Runner Up, Ishan Piyankara - Sri Lanka - Second Runner Up, Marvin Salcedo - Philippines - World Fitness Supermodel 2023 - Winner, Varapon Gaena - Thailand - First Runner Up and Ngo Hoang Linh- Vietnam - Third Runner Up.  The pageant was held in Siam Paragon last May 27 2023.
 

Nothing New

I remember the time my neighbor introduces her children to her friends. 

"Ito si Susan ... maganda siya di ba? At si Natalie ... maganda rin." 

Pagdating kay Maricel ... mabilis ang kambiyo ... biglang liko.  "At ito naman si Maricel ... mabait yan!" 

Psalm 23

 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.