Pride

Why do we treat each other the way we do? Do we ever stop to think how we treat each other? We don't try to work things out. We just scream and yell, and then, there is silence...neither side ever speaks to the other side ever again. Relationships are broken, and what's it for? We do this because I have to be right, and you have to be wrong. We do this because of PRIDE. We are a prideful people. We try to glamorize our pride in society, and it tares us apart. There is a difference between pride and self-respect. That's what we need to learn. We need to learn respect everyone we meet. One day the person that you love the most might not be there because of that pride.

Reviews

[revalatia]

Very true..and because of this..I try not to ever go to bed without a resolution between myself and the one I am angry at. Not worth it at all. Nicely done.

[Kawaiikitty96]

This piece speaks quite loudly. You have a very good point. I don't know where you live, but in America, the mentality of just about everyone is like this. It's rather annoying how people can't be wrong for just once.

[Kaye Adell]

I'm American too. I wrote this because one of my study abroad sponsors was telling our class how in Japan they rarely use their words for I and you. He told us that most of the time they use we and us. He was telling us how our class needed to start using this mindset for when we go over there. I wrote this purposely using the word "we" frequently. It also got me thinking that part of the reason there is so much drama is because we don't try to work things out. I'm not saying Japan is perfect or that it's magical or anything like that. I just feel like if Americans tried to work together as a whole more then it would save relationships and things in general would run smoother or at least in my opinion.