pride vs confidence

I’ve always had a cringe reaction to people saying things about themselves like “that’s because I’m awesome” or agreeing wholeheartedly when someone says something great about them. I have a feeling some of it is because I’ve had a traumatic past with a skewed view of humility. 

https://bibleinoneyear.org/bioy/commentary/1305

This has been helpful to me. 

Instead of being arrogant and thinking pridefully of ourselves, letting other people talk us up to a pedestal, and then think the world of ourselves... We should be thankful and graciously accept kind words of course. But watch what it does to the size of your brain. 

It’s great to be confident, to know your strengths and weaknesses, to use them to your advantage.