Pride
In the last three years I have ridden my bike 3,000 miles and have never fallen once. I have been quite proud of that. Then I fell two days ago. Scripture says that pride goes before a fall, and in my case that is literally true. Catholics have always listed pride as one of the seven deadly sins. CS Lewis says that pride is the source of all – not some, but all – human failing. I’m scratched up, scuffed up, and I still ache 48 hours later. Mostly, though, it hurt my pride. My pride is probably the part that will heal the slowest. Lesson learned.