Humility and how I Achieved It

“It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom” — Mahatma Gandhi

I know a person who tells everyone that each day she prays that God will show her how to serve others.

Tells everyone?

In my books, that’s pure ego.

And she has the gall when she chides others on their need to be humble when they show strength and talent

Humility is a misunderstood condition and not something a person would post as an accomplishment on social media. That would be pure peacock swagger.

Hence this tongue-in-cheek title could be a skit on “Saturday Night Live”.

Consider the quote by Rick Warren “True humility is not thinking less of yourself. But thinking of yourself less”

Or the quote from Richard Rohr

“We cannot become humble by mere intellect or willpower. Pretending to be humble only makes us more self-absorbed and self-referential. All we can really do is become more aware of our pride or vanity by noticing how we respond to even minor slights or humiliations. That will be more than enough to let us know how self-centered we are and how meaningless our taking offense truly is in this infinite universe.”

We have all seen people who pose as humble when what in fact they are saying is “Look at me. I stand head and shoulders above others in my humility”.

The most humble person I know was our housekeeper and cat sitter in California. When we commented on how many people reported that she was a wonderful giving friend her response was “Really, that’s difficult to believe!”

The most humble people pass through this world as unknowns but their words and example live on forever.

They neither send an “Aw shucks” message

Nor do they post their good deeds on their resume

They unconsciously go about their day being humble.