Pride: The Urge to prove myself
Friday, 29th Week in Ordinary Time
Rom 7: 18-25; Lk 12: 54-59
Many a trouble today brews in the waters of wanting to prove oneself at all cost. The world teaches us from our earliest that one should prove oneself...is it the same as living one's life to the full? While proving oneself is always a phenomenon in comparison with the other where the other becomes a threat or a competition or an element to be eliminated, living my life to the full is a serene acceptance of who I am what my capacity is and living it to the most. Here the others are my companions, my co-passengers and my colleagues! There isn't much need for proving myself, infact proving myself would turn detrimental within this mode of living.
The Word instructs us on this today, inviting us through St Paul to understand the reality of our self: that is humility. It tells us that there is no need to justify oneself before people, for God knows who we are: that is faith. However weak and wrong we could be, God accepts us as we are and walks us to salvation through Jesus Christ if only we are ready to surrender: that is hope.
We would do well to stop worrying about the past but take lessons and move on. Pride would never allow that...with pride, I would be worried only about proving myself!
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