Dear Bernd
thank you for giving such a positive feedback.
Yes, it is the the natural pride that suffers and stands to be destroyed if one is treated in a demeaning way.
But and there is a but, every human being has value beyond the usefulness as a tool for others and there own ends.
The trick is, not to accept being a mere tool. Because if you let them, that's what you then will be.
It starts with little things like "human resources".
Me for instance I am a human being. but could turn resourceful if treated that way.
Maybe this clarifies:
it could ((you) like a boat) keep you afloat in troubled water
for one reason or another there has to be another "you" inserted if an insertion has been inserted
kind regards
Label