Pride
The ego is a fragile thing. A blow to the ego is just that..a blow and it hurts. It can be the most seemingly insignificant thing. Objectively, really its not that important. If we were detached, it would not matter. But we aren't so it does. If you think about it, things that hurt us the most is when our pride is slighted. I didn't get invited. I didn't make the grade. She didn't call me back. He said no. Its the moments when we are hit with the harsh reality that we are not good enough. I didn't study hard enough. I was not pretty enough. Not interesting enough. Of course, how we view "reality" may not be the truth at all. When we are down, the yetzer hara pounces. It exacerbates everything. It turns everything in your head. You see yourself as this unloved victim. If they really loved me, if i was really worth anything, this would not have happened. We all get in these "moods" when all we want to do is sulk. We cannot move beyond ...