Everyone has been proud in the past and is currently still proud; only a few are no longer proud, either because of a divine intervention or because of the terrible lessons they've learned and the consequences that come with it.
As someone who has been in privileged and underprivileged situations, abused verbally and emotionally, and seen life in very harsh ways. I can tell you that people with privileges can be unknowingly proud without even realizing they are.
The lady I currently work with is one of such people. She has a way of looking down on others, especially if she feels she's not going to make money from talking to them. She tries to cover this up with the excuse that she's fighting a divorce case and she needs to make money.
She steps on people's toes, burns bridges, and is never even satisfied. Right from the beginning I taught her a lot of things she knows and gave her hacks on content creation, tips, and many others. I even taught her how to talk to potential clients or how to accept or reject official proposals.
She was mostly lonely and confused at one point, but a lot of the information and things I taught her came in very handy. These days she has become so proud, and now that she thinks she has gotten to the top, she kicks on smaller people, disrespects my views, and becomes verbally condescending.
I laugh most times because I've been there. I used to be like her in the past—same attitude and behavior, bit the finger that fed me, and burned numerous bridges—but I was young, inexperienced, and never learned anything before then.
Now I'm wiser; I've been through life, through hell and back, and human tendencies and behaviors do not move me anymore. I've learned a lot from being sick, and I've learned a lot from being a loser. Most importantly, I learned a lot from the calamitous life I led in 2021 that currently still affects me today, and now I'm more humble.
I learned a lot from my condition and situation. I could have literally been a better man in my 20s, and this would have saved me so much of the pain and losses I've experienced, but I've learned the hard way.
Apart from my experience, my faith, change, and conviction have made me a humbler person. Even though prideful tendencies try to enter me sometimes, I try to make humble affirmations to remind myself that I'm not what I think I am (literally).
I literally have the seed phrase of this woman with me; I can make away with all her crypto money if I want, but she still thinks she can buy trust and transparency in the job market for cheap.
As I continue my recovery journey, I have continued to reflect on my life, and honestly there are not a lot of humble people in life; most times these people are our supposed friends, colleagues, and even family members, and proud people cannot be trusted with anything. Oh, I realize this is my longest post in close to 2 months. It's the first time I'm thinking so deeply, and thank you for reading through this far.
