Pride

In the midst of all the things that I have gone through in my lifetime, one word has always seem to play a part of every situation and that word is Pride. Sometimes it's not at its strongest level and sometimes it's something I strive off of. In the short book, by Michael Eric Dyson titled Pride, on the cover is a picture of a guy holding a mirror up in his hand and him looking at it. After indulging in the thoughts of Mr. Dyson, the book goes within yourself and reveal what pride can be and how it can be used. Being that it is one of the 7 deadly sins, the author weighs the two sides of if pride should be considered a sin or is it part of a virtuous character.
In the introduction the authour states that without a sense of pride, one might not achieve or continue to strive for excellence in one's field of endeavor. So is it really a sin or a virtue?
The first chapter speaks of the religious roots of Pride. "Self regard is a vital pillar to love of God and neighbor. If thinking too highly of oneself is a sin, then the Aristotelian vice of thinking too lowly of oneself qualifies as well." If you fail to love yourself, the self that God made and loves then it's is extremely hard to recognize your the God aand worth in others.
The following chapters went from talking about your own personal pride, to White Pride, to Black Pride, to National pride. In the chapter of Personal pride he takes us on a journey of how and why he gained so much pride in reading and writing his own work.I hate to give too much of the book away but I suggest that you take a read for yourself and share your feelings about what Mr. Dyson talks about in his book Pride.