Can you be proud and humble

I was driving into work today and reflecting on the past 12 months and realized how proud I am of the accomplishments that I have been gifted with during the last year and I am very happy for those things. I know that everything I have are blessings from God and that none of it would have come to pass without his divine intervention. So I guess I am humbled by the fact that He would want to see lil ol me happy so that I can do His work more effectivley.

However, is proud the right way to feel about the WLS journey? Is that a contradiction to having humility in your heart or a humble spirit?

I think that it is a fine line beween the two but wanted to get your thoughts on the matter.

I think it can DEFINETLY be done....both I mean. 
There is nothing at all wrong with being proud of ourselves.  This is a helluva journey and we should be proud to have gotten through this.  How we react and what we do with this gift is where the humility takes over.
Being proud of our accomplishments and displaying humility can go hand in hand.

There is nothing wrong in feeling proud of your accomplishments ........IMO its OK unless you are throwing your accomplishment in someones face or snubbing some one cause they haven't had a similar accomplishment , then that thin line has been crossed

i believe you can

Queen......I just wanted to share this poem by Rudyard Kipling....

IF
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!

This poems works for me when I feel like i'm getting to big for my bridges or feeling myself. I'm a proud but humble man. I know its all b/c of him I am where I am. I am proud to be a child of God and so thankful for what he's brought me to and through. He's been good to me for no reason other than he loves me!

BE PROUD OF GOD'S WORK IN YOU.....

Wow...that was right on time! 
Okay, who da heck are you and what did you do with the real NATE?

*****just kidding*****  LOL

Bravo  Nate I had to save this

Nate I LOVE this! I am going to definitly print this out and put this on my wall of inspiration. This was awesome and I think answers the question beautifully!

I love the way, you put it.  I was thinking of the same thing, last night as I was talking with my husband.  I stated that, I achieved goals that were set for 2008.  I was happy that I was able to loss 100 lbs, praise god.  I was exceptional, proud when I lost over 100 lbs, I am setting goals and obtaining, better yet.  "Setting the Standards" is my new slogan for 2009.