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Originally Posted by Fullcrum  Cool mate! 
Be in massive state when you deliver this speech - it'll be sensational. Lightning will come out of your ass and strike all the toastmasters dudes in the forehead if you deliver this message effectively. |
Yeah I'll be sure to first shoot lightning out of my ass before I say a word. That way they know whats coming.
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This is really fascinating - and something I need to read as I struggle with self-esteem issues. What I've found though is that pride is often seen as negative, regardless of responsibility. People don't feel pride because they associate it with selfishness and egotism. I've spent a lifetime feeling guilty that I have talents, gifts and success, and subconsciously see being proud as being selfish and grandiose - as though I'm "better than others". I, like a lot of people I know, beat themselves up constantly because they think being proud of who they are will make them bad people.
I do agree though that we have a massive issue with responsibility in our society. It's one of my high-horse topics that we're more interested in suing and claiming money regardless of our own culpability than taking responsibility for our own actions. I've never seen that responsibility and self-esteem tied together in this way, so it's a very interesting speech indeed!
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Pride isn't necesarrily negative, it could be though. The thing is that if your proud of something you did not achieve then yes pride is negative and will destroy you. If your proud of who you are at the core of your being it will strengthen yourself and lift you even higher. If you take responsibility for your own life at look at it objectively then any pride that comes from this will lift you up.
If selfishness is evil then 99.99% of the people alive are evil, do you believe that?
Ask anybody if they are willing to give everything they own away with nothing in return (not even the satisfaction of knowing it is used for good). If they decline they are selfish, is this bad?
Now obviously you can take selfishness to far, you are still dealing with other people and you need to take them into consideration. However this should only be done based on your own judgement for your own enjoyment, not some guilt forced on you.
I can't claim ownership of this idea, personally I got it from Ayn Rand. I just removed some parts from the rest of the philosophy.