Let's Have Some Pride
. A few days ago my pastor was talking to us about pride during one of his sermons. He mentioned that everyone deserves pride and self-respect. Often times we make the mistake of connecting self worth with superficial things such as money, attractiveness, and social status. Many of us feel that in order to command respect and attention we must be attractive like Beyonce, or as wealthy as Bill Gates, or a prominent social figure such as Barack Obama. The truth is that none of these things really matter. Yes all of the people I mentioned are successful in their own right and are extremely hard workers that are dedicated to what they do, but one very important thing that they all have in common is that they dared to believe themselves and take a chance. Many of us make the awful mistake of devaluing ourselves and failing to take a chance to achieve our dreams. It's easy to look at others that came before you and think that they faced little to no hardships and that...