Proud Bajan 4 – Pride of Barbados (#105)
The flower you see above
is the National Flower of Barbados. It is called “The Pride of
Barbados.”
According to Graham
Gooding in Wayside Trees and Shrubs of Barbados it was introduced to the island as
early as 1657.
Our pride has been around
for a long time!
Pride often has a negative
connotation, meaning puffed-up or arrogant.
The Bible informs us that
pride goes before a fall. That’s the
unhealthy kind of pride – the kind we don’t need in this island of ours.
But pride can be positive as
well. It can mean having pleasure in
something good and wholesome. Like pride
in one’s country; and this is demonstrated in one’s loyalty to it, and a
commitment to be a good citizen.
Yes indeed! Pride can be beautiful!
©Kerina Hall
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