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"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us."  Pride and Prejudice

Would you consider pride a fault or a virtue? 

Most people,upon being approached with this question, would view pride as a fault because it is often times associated with being selfish or conceded. I, however, see it as a a strong opinion about who you consider yourself as.

 Pride is the way we carry ourselves, it is the way we represent ourselves to others without a formal, verbal. introduction. Pride does not mean that you think you are better than others, but it means that you take yourself seriously and do not want people to have the wrong impression of you which -ofter times- leads to the wrong impression because we all have it. We all have pride but not every person is prideful. When two people meet and do not get along it is usually because they are not able to agree on something. Pride is perceived this way too because people with pride cannot pinpoint what they are hindering their pride in besides themselves. 

There have been many times when an acquaintance has approached me and confessed that they had never spoken to me before because they felt that I thought I was better than them. Why? I would ask them to explain but all they could say was that they didn't know-something about my "aura" saying go away, I don't want to talk to you, back off! What's ironic is that I don't feel that way at all. I never thought of myself as a person who comes off as being proud. In my case, the pride I was showing was not purposefully shown. I began to ponder over why this friend of mine would consider me to be this way. I have always been sort of shy and quiet around others and I've never been much of a chatter box. Maybe this person didn't talk to me because they were afraid of what I might think of them-perhaps my presence made him think about the way he presents himself. 

The next time you feel that someone is being proud and snobby think twice and ask yourself if your pride is the one deciding that this person is stuck up. Maybe it's really you.