“Pride is the parent of destruction; pride eats the mind and the heart and the soul alive.” – Anne Rice
We often wonder why we are not where we are supposed to be in life. Well, the answer lies in us. Here are the three main thieves of greatness:
1. Too much pride. A person with too much pride always looks down on people and things and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you can’t see something that is above you and that is meant to lift you up. Too much pride is concerned with who is right, rather than what is right. A person with too much pride will never take advice, will never say “please help me” and will never say “thank you” nor “I’m sorry, I was wrong.”
2. Stubbornness. This person here appears to be so sweet and understanding to your advice. They will take the advice and thank you for it and feel so sorry that they missed out on this important information in their lives, but won’t implement it because they are not willing to adjust irrespective of how important the advice. They are set in their ways. They’ll always justify by using ‘but’.
3. Being overly sensitive. This is about taking everything personally. With this person, you must always be nice and a bit slow when you talk to them. You must, for most of the time, tip-toe around issues because if you are straight with them, they get upset and even cry. The best way to wake someone up quickly is to raise your voice at them a bit. Some will hate you for raising your voice, whereas the majority will thank you for waking them up.
You were born for bigger purposes. Don’t let these above thieves deprive you of your greatness.
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