“The Big Picture” Humility = Wisdom

Humility tends to have a bad “rap” in today’s society. It has affiliations with timidity, lack of confidence, weakness. Who needs that? But if you will stop to consider more deeply, you will realize that humility has nothing to do with weakness and everything to do with wisdom.

Humility is not low self-esteem. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. With humility, our self-esteem is not attached to our personal traits, physical appearance, wealth, shortcomings, assets or our past. Instead it is attached to the design of our creator who created us with a purpose giving us the power to fulfill that purpose.

True humility is being secure within you with no need to put yourself forward, to take credit, or to ‘blow own horn’. You see yourself as a part of the larger, bigger picture and that every person in that picture has an equally important role. No matter what you may think you may know, we show our true selves, our level of spiritual development by our reaction to the bad things that happen to us.  Why is this happening? Why now? Why me?

We forget that this is happening because we made it happen or this is happening because it is a part of life and perhaps this happens to everyone at some point.  And of course, we forget the most important… this is happening for a “reason” so we can learn the lessons necessary for our soul’s growth, to improve our lives and move on to the next level of growth. My advise.. welcome your obstacles instead of resisting them.

Tips on Living in Humility

• Be grateful for your assets. In humility, we recognize the great qualities and assets that we have, but we don’t boast about them. Instead, we are grateful for them as gifts we have been given. Write a list about all the things you like about yourself and those things others like about you. Do you have intelligence, motivation, charm or some other great qualities? Express gratitude for those qualities and you will find humility.
• Be grateful for your challenges and shortcomings. If you struggle with feeling that you are less motivated, less attractive or less intelligent than others, be grateful for the perspective and learning experience that apparent shortcoming offers you. Life is about growth and change. Every challenge we face builds our character and our assets. When we express gratitude for the challenges we face, those challenges lose their power over our perception of ourselves and become building blocks we can grow on.
• Do not compare yourself with others. Human Beings are the most diverse and variable creatures on the planet. Comparing one person to another is like comparing apples to oranges. It is this uniqueness that allows us to learn and grow from one another. You were created like no one else in the universe. You were created with a purpose that is shared with no one else.
• Be teachable. The key to wisdom is to be teachable, to realize that you do not know everything, that many things you believe to be true may be false, and that you have much to learn from others.
• Practice random kindness. When you practice kindness, you transcend the high-anxiety world of selfishness and experiencing the fulfilling sense of oneness with others. When you practice kindness discreetly, you share the vision of your kindness without the distractions of pride and self-importance which may result from sharing your kindness publicly.
• Lighten your expectations. No matter how good you are at making plans or predicting outcomes, no matter how strong your belief is that something should be a certain way, life will often produce results you did not expect or did not want. When we hold tight to expectations, we become easily frustrated, disappointed, angry and humiliated. When we take ourselves and our expectations less seriously, we can more easily handle what life hands us.

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