Pride always has the capacity to punch a person right in the teeth. A person’s pride can be a good, motivating principle in a healthy life. Pride can also quickly turn into hubris and cause people to do things they deeply regret later. This rapid evolution of too much pride has resulted in enough stupid decisions that I now take a beat to check myself. Normally, if something breaks in our home, I don’t immediately run for the phone to call for service. That is unless it has anything to do with the HVAC system. Most often, I will take a look at what needs to be repaired first. There is always a chance that I can see and then affect the needed repair. I’m not too worried about taking the panel off of something to have a look at the inner workings. However, I call it quits if I see a mass of wires and computer chip boards. Consequently, I seem to be repairing less stuff around the house. However, I have also been known to help other folks in our community save a few bucks fixing lawn mowers and the like. But, I stop quick if I know I am in deep water. Pride has no place here. However, I had a neighbor who wanted me to look at the HVAC cooling system which had stopped cooling. It was pretty obvious that the refrigerant was leaking because you could hear it leaking. However, I told my neighbor right away to call the HVAC professionals to repair the line and recharge to the refrigerant. He didn’t take my advice and attempted to repair the problem himself with the help of online videos. My neighbor ended up doing it himself and voiding the warranty on his entire HVAC system.