TO ADMIT THAT YOU HAVE NO DIGNITY AT ALL IS ABOUT THE MOST DIGNIFIED THING A PERSON CAN DO.  TO ADMIT AND CONFRONT YOUR WEAKNESSES - NO MATTER HOW EMBARASSED IT MAY MAKE YOU FEEL - EXPRESSES YOUR STRENGTH.  THE EGO FLAUNTS AND BOASTS.  IT CLAIMS TO BE NOBLE AND COURAGEOUS.  AND YET, THE EGO WOULD STOOP TO ALMOST ANY LEVEL TO AVOID A POSSIBLE FALL.  THE EGO DRIVEN PERSON WILL CLAIM THAT NO MATTER WHAT HARDSHIPS THEY MAY FACE THEY WILL STILL STAND TALL, AND YET WHEN REAL PROBLEMS ARISE THEY'LL SHRIVEL UP AND COWAR - JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.  IT REALLY SEEMS THAT NO MATTER HOW STRONG YOU ARE, IF YOU SHOW OFF YOUR WILL TO BEAT DOWN ANYTHING AND ANYONE THAT CHALLENGES YOUR PRIDE THEN YOU'RE GOING TO EVENTUALLY FALL DOWN.  THE BASIC FACT IS, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEBODY STRONGER - WHILE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE EGO, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO ADMIT IT…