Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man. . . . It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition is gone, pride is gone.
POEM
From Blossoms
By Li-Young Lee
We can live purely in the joy of the moment.
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