Reducing our pride does not imply losing confidence — in fact, far from it. There is an important difference between confidence and pride. With pride, we look down on others. We need them to be less for ourselves to be more. Confidence is a virtuous form of pride. You feel able to do good things. In Buddhism, we call confidence antidotal pride. It may look like pride, but confidence serves as an antidote to help us get rid of our limitations. Both humility and confidence are qualities that allow us to grow beyond our limitations while allowing us to live our interdependence well. Humility can
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