'THINK ON THESE THINGS'

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'THINK ON THESE THINGS' By Joyce Sequichie Hifler Three things we can do without - jealousy, pride, and a sense of competition that makes us cruel. French writer, La Rochefoucauld, said that jealousy is more a self-love than a love for another. But more than that, it is a weak ego afraid that someone else is getting ahead. We have no business being where we feel we cannot hold our own. Pride, it is said, goes before a fall. Pride is so transparent and without scruples. We can say we are proud of someone or something without meaning anything wrong -- but pride that steals our common sense steals our peace. Competition is almost as bad because it contains in subtle ways jealousy and pride.