Pride

September 2011, when I was feeling really discouraged about school and my pathetic life in general, my friend Nick introduced me to this song.

Proud by The Icarus Account. First off, this was a complete music change from my typical Katy Perry and Taylor Swift playlists. And secondly, the chorus completely hit home.

"The innocence we had could never last forever

And I look at what I learned to play today;

Do you think that I'll be famous someday?

When you see me now, 

I hope I make you proud"

Because all I wanted to do was make people proud of me and I felt like I just kept disappointing them. I didn't know how to fix it. 

Recently I've heard this refrain in my head, and it's bringing new thoughts that might be impossibly twisted. You tell me. I really struggle with pride. I like to be right, I like to be perfect, I like to have all the answers always. I hate to be wrong, I hate to make mistakes, I hate unknowns. 

And pride has always been taught to me as a bad thing. Something to avoid. You know, "pride comes before a fall" and all that. Be humble instead.

So...when I strive to make someone proud, isn't that wishing to induce a wrongful feeling in someone? A backwards way of saying, "oh hey, fall down something steep!"?

I don't know. I'm working on figuring that out. 

So for now, I remain A Very Lucky (albeit confused) Girl.