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Some of the things that make you proud to be who you are today may not have been as they are in the books, or they may not have been at all.
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Halx, anyone who builds their world on shaky foundations is bound to have it knocked down.
The process of having deep-rooted beliefs knocked down is normally called a nervous breakdown.
The mind's normal response when it has it's foundations chipped away at is to recoil in fear and anger. This response can lead to denial, the development of elaborate explanations and the formation of delusional beliefs.
So yes, you are absolutely right. I wonder how many people really do hang their hearts on such fragile pegs as these?
I don't see it as self-centred at all, I think ShaniFaye has misunderstood what you mean.
Sure have pride in your children, that's something that you have created, and you know that everything you do is true and untainted by lies, adjustments or exaggerations. All Halx is saying is that you should be carefull how much pride you put in things that you cannot truely know about.
I'd add that pride in one's country is slightly absurd since your birth within some particular set of borders was an entirely random thing anyway. Is anyone proud when the roulette wheel comes up red? Is anyone proud when you roll a 6?