No, your pride is not
"really important" in the grand scheme of things.
Pride, no.
But self-image, self-belief, yes.
In the end, all any person really is is what they believe they are. Oh, sure, some people can bench press 300 pounds and some can't, and thinking you can doesn't make you able to (but thinking you can't may make you unable to.). But in terms of what gives people value, it rests solely in what people believe about themselves.
Some people will say that what others think about you is part of it, but that's not true. It's what you DO with what others think about you that's important.
Eleanor Roosevelt made the point, if I quote her exactly, "no person can make you feel inferior without your consent." And no person can make you feel superior without our acquiescence, either.
I think I know enough about you to think that you would resist thinking of yourself as a blonde bimbo. Suppose you said something here that you thought was sensible and logical, but others were adamant that it was just blonde bimbo thinking. Would you be able to bring yourself to say here "yes, with regard to that I was a blonde bimbo" if that would make somebody feel better? I don't think you would say it even under those circumstances, because you wouldn't believe it, and you wouldn't be dishonest to yourself. |
