Humility in all its glory

Humbleness

How many times in life are we told we need to be humble about victory about what we have over what others don’t things of that nature? How many times do we actually know what it is to be humble…I’m pretty sure that I don’t. Yeah I am normally not the person to point on the wrongs or my victory over something, but I think that has more to do with the fact that I knew the flaw before or expected to win in the first place…so how can I claim to know humbleness, the honest answer is I don’t think I can claim to be all that humble, though I know I have tried to be, or thought myself to be.

So how can one be humble without truly trying to be, I think if anything it is to live in that single moment and not dwell past it… if you accomplish something you should always take pride in it, because if you have no pride in your actions then why do them, because to someone else they could mean everything. After you relish in that brief moment of realization that you have in fact completed what you sought out to do, move on and look for another obstacle to overcome, and leave that behind, otherwise no matter how much one would say that they do not gloat that they offer advice to the loser they are still living in the experience. I would like to point out that if they do in fact ask you for advice or help after the fact then that is not the same…although you should be humbled…I’ll try to address that in just a moment.

To be humble is to not look back on your accomplishments but rather your flaws and seek how you are to better yourself not by acting with what you already know you can do but with what you unaware of. To constantly challenge yourself, admit defeat and struggle for success only to move to your next weakness without allowing yourself to find praise outside of yourself. That is to be humble.

To Be Humbled

I see humbleness and being humbled as almost separate entities though they both essentially remain the same principal. However to be humbled is by seeing someone dwell on something which you lay down and forgot, true humbling moments are rare few and between, these times are those upon which we should reflect to see what it was that moved us was a reflection on. These moments can manifest themselves in many ways, whether it is a person confessing their affections towards you, a relative, mentee or any even an enemy aspiring to be you, or a friend taking something you gave to them and doing something with it, that you would have never thought to be done. Watching someone else react to your previous actions or words and moving them in ways you never thought possible is quite the experience it is something we all at one point or another feel, sometimes we don’t know that we are humbled by these experiences sometimes we do, the notion of being aware is what makes the experience so intense.

I know what it is to be humbled to sit there and think…wow…really… and then have no other words, no other emotions come into focus, and no other means to express what was raging inside me. I know that its moments like these are what make life truly unique.

Humility is something we must learn to give and take, understand what is to be humble and humbled by actions of others. We all have paths in life that allow us to choose how we are to act, all too often we are too proud or do not care enough to let these moments pass without giving it proper consideration. Take the time to asses what it is you are acting on, and whether you are challenging yourself with it, and not in fact dwelling on things best left in the past, watch how people react to your being and if they move in ways never thought possible before you, remember that you are not the cause of this merely an actor and be thankful that it was you in which they found this path, no matter where it might lead.

They say the greatest feeling for a teacher is to be surpassed by the pupil…I disagree…I think it’s when the look back to you as an equally significant factor in their life, and they use you as the catalyst for their own path.

The wind never stays still to show its presences it constantly moves on