It's not pride. I regret that it might appear that way. It's more like relief. As I said, I was in depression for almost three decades. During that time, so many bad things happened. I was cruel to other people. Other people were cruel to me. Beyond that, one can see that we residents of this world are awash in a sea of inhuman behavior toward one another.
So, if I do something that is good, that uplifts other people, that helps others, that makes them happy, that in any way makes the world a better place, in some tangible way, there is this enormous feeling of relief and joy. For once, something good happened.
Marcus Aurelius says in Meditations, what is left to do but to perform good acts for the rest of one's life?
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