Humility

I’ve never really understood the word “humility”. In some of my past articles I’ve mentioned it. Nevertheless, deep down it always felt like the way I thought about it didn’t really make sense.

Also, I did not understand the context in which humility could be of good use. I mean look at the definition: “the quality of having a modest or low view of one's importance”. Why should I consider myself to be not or less important? In sports or in our jobs we take on responsibility and are aware of our importance within the team. As a citizen we want to be aware of our importance and contribute to our community. Considering myself to have some importance always motivated me to make things happen and contribute. Why would I consider myself to have a less importance? It just didn’t make any sense.

Turns out I had it all wrong. Humility is something completely different. It exists in the context of love, connection and our relationships with other human beings only. Showing humility is to know that what we are is no better than what other people are. In that context there is no judgement of what’s better or worse and instead what we display is acceptance.

Connection and love is, no judgement and true acceptance.

It isn’t a term that applies to our everyday lives and problems. It doesn’t apply to things and stuff and status and all the other things humans have come up with to structure and organize society. For instance, at work we have to make judgements about things, what we want and what we don’t want, what’s good and what’s bad. To do that we need judgment.

Humility eliminates judgement and acceptance is the only way to go.