Pride and Sensibility

I don’t know if it comes with age. But these days, realizations are an everyday occurrence.

During my younger years, these Zen moments come with a bloated sense of self. Each thought seems like the most original idea ever. Each opinion voiced with careless bravura. Intellectual snobbishness is a common thing I see among my friends and it’s quite possible I also suffer from the same affliction. But I was young, so it was excused.

Now, I have a much more humble perception of how I think and how I process concepts and emotions. I know I will always encounter people who are better than me, just as I will meet people who are not worth my time. I accept that there are those who can jeté higher, those who have more beautiful hair, and those who can narrate a story with more verve.

Though humility is a virtue, maybe everyone needs to be a little haughty sometimes. Sometimes it helps to think we’re bigger, better than who we really are. When we create an illusion, sometimes it becomes real. History tells us that loftiness does sometimes produce results which would have otherwise been beyond one’s imagination.