"Have the humility" - Daily Motivator

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Thursday, March 24, 2005
Have the humility
If you think you already know all the answers, you're not likely to learn much of anything new. Yet when you have the humility to admit you don't know something, there is a world of knowledge to be gained.
If the only point of view you ever consider is your own, you'll be continually held back by a narrow, limited, stagnant perspective. Yet when you have the humility to consider the opinions of others, your eyes will be opened to a world of new opportunities.

When you put all your thoughts and energy into your own concerns, the world will seem a cold and heartless place to you. Yet when you have the humility to give of yourself to others, life becomes infinitely more warm, joyful and fulfilling.

Snobbishness, disrespect, rudeness and self importance are desperate and pathetic expressions of inner weakness. Humility, on the other hand, is a sure sign of real, abiding strength and confidence.

True greatness does not grow from arrogance, selfishness or rude, inconsiderate behavior. True greatness is firmly rooted in humility.

Practice real, sincere humility as you go through each of life's moments. And your own unique greatness will come shining through.

-- Ralph Marston
http://www.greatday.com/

 

[Cerb]

...what if I were to completely disagree?

When I put my thoughts and energy into my own concerns, I'm fine.
It's when I start communicating with others, and open up a bit, that I realize that the world is a cold, heartless place. It is then that I become overwhelmed with sadness. If I close myself off, I hardly notice the beauty in life...but I also manage to miss the disgusting displays everywhere, too; like the gray tinge in the sky that wasn't there just a few years ago.

True greatness is rooted in its first term: truth.

Look into yourself, not the world outside of you, and you might find what you are. You might just find the strength that some people might find in humility. I find honesty to be the most strengthening and alienating thing to give to others. Strengthening, because there is rarely any misunderstanding, or need to deal with details in any careful manner. Alienating because too many people learn to hide themselves in politeness and other etiquette that serves no real purpose, such as expecting a positive answer to, "how are you?"