Pride?
I am proud of the students this semester they did a great job, but does that make me prideful.
Also most of the day I have been thinking about what defines you:
I mean Derek has definitions of self, but I don't know if he has one. Maybe father or family man.
Mine is one thing, and all I do revolves around it so it is what I am and that's a martial artist. Teaching is part of being one, it is how we learn to do things better. It gives more practice. Taking classes is practice and learning new techniques or even bringing up old ones forgotten. All I do is around that one aspect. That is why I am not going to martial arts schools in Japan. If I was offered a chance to stay and train I would take it. Non martial artists may not understand, but I am specifically taking this trip to come back. Someday if I am lucky I may go back for the better reason, but not to Tokyo. For that I would have to know much Japanese to not be insulting, and go further out of the main areas.
Also most of the day I have been thinking about what defines you:
I mean Derek has definitions of self, but I don't know if he has one. Maybe father or family man.
Mine is one thing, and all I do revolves around it so it is what I am and that's a martial artist. Teaching is part of being one, it is how we learn to do things better. It gives more practice. Taking classes is practice and learning new techniques or even bringing up old ones forgotten. All I do is around that one aspect. That is why I am not going to martial arts schools in Japan. If I was offered a chance to stay and train I would take it. Non martial artists may not understand, but I am specifically taking this trip to come back. Someday if I am lucky I may go back for the better reason, but not to Tokyo. For that I would have to know much Japanese to not be insulting, and go further out of the main areas.
posted by Ev|Gen|us at 22:20
1 Comments:
I've always wondered why pride is a sin. I guess if you think of it as the opposite of humility (which is a holy virtue) then it kinda makes sense. So, I looked it up, Dante said, "love of self perverted to hatred and contempt for one's neighbor" is pride. So, being proud of someone else, doesn't fit that. Even taking pride in your own hard work doesn't fit that. So, you are not prideful in the sinful Christian way. Nor are you prideful in the Islamic either (both seem to point more towards my definition of arrogance and that is definitely NOT what you are).
Sense of self. I think that that sense changes depending on situations for many people. Sure, I'm a parent, but that's not all. I'm a teacher, a student, a friend, a daughter, a sister, and lots of things. I think that if I had to pick one thing, I'd say teacher. But, why put myself into a box.
Glad you plan on coming back though. :)
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