You’re right, we don’t choose where we come from or what we’re born with. Those things just are. But the pride that actually means something? That comes from what we do with it. From waking up and choosing to be kinder, to work harder, to become a better version of ourselves. No one can take credit for our birth, but we can take credit for our effort, our choices, our growth. Maybe that’s the pride worth holding onto, the kind we earn, not the kind we inherit.