from gnarly dork :]

PRIDE

Even the most patient and most persistent people grow tired.

Tired of ALWAYS taking initiative and lowering their PRIDE.

Swallowing of PRIDE is a sign of LOVE and MATURITY.

But doing so ain't easy.

It takes a lot of guts and courage.

But TOO MUCH is destructive to oneself.

When you know for yourself that you've done your part,

LET THEM DO THEIRS.

It is not giving up.

It is not cowardice.

It is called saving yourself.

Save yourself some PRIDE before you got nothin' left.

Let them swallow a little of theirs for they have a lot.

Let them realize your REAL worth.

Let them realize that it is NOT ALWAYS about them.

You are lucky to have them,

BUT

let them REALIZE that they are "REALLY LUCKY" to have you too.

That you are worth lowering their PRIDE for.

That for once, they should start being the 1st to

admit and start to work things up.

For you have been doing this a lot in the past.

If by reading this, PRIDE still reigns in them,

then it is clear,

PRIDE is more important than You.

For all the swallowing and lowering you've done,

they can't even do it for you once.

- - -

LOVE between you both is no question.

But PRIDE blurs it.

Kills it.

And buries it.

If there's one thing you don't need in your relationship,

it is

Pride.

from gnarly dork :]