Humility is a beautiful purpose in life, that's what I have always thought about it. But, how many people are really humble in this life? Too many people claim to be humble, when in reality they only disguise their true nature behind a false aura of humility.
And what does humility entail?
One could give an extensive opinion on the matter, but it is not my purpose to extend more than necessary in this aspect, because to my understanding, humility implies coherence or correspondence between what we are and what we say we are. Let us ask ourselves how we appear to others, and then let us ask ourselves how (based on how others act) others perceive us. This is a good indication of whether we are really as humble as we think or project.
But then there is something deeper and more important as well: Because within the compendium of what humility is, is the fact that iifwe can be able to enhance or ponder our virtues while recognizing our shortcomings.
The first part is the easiest for almost everyone, but it is the second part that makes many people not really sincere with themselves and by symmetry, they are not sincere with others either.
Recognizing our defects is not a trivial matter
A priority should be for us to be able to recognize our own defects, because if we do, it will be easier to try to lessen or correct them so that they do not limit us as much as they might otherwise do.
It is complicated, because in this summation comes into play the ego of each person. The complexity exists because many people do not even know that they have an ego that controls them, because they identify with it in such a way that they cannot even notice it.
Those who are aware of the role of the ego in their actions, understand the good and the bad in themselves and try to enhance the positive over the negative without denying it. To understand that we have defects and that everyone has them, is not to detract from our own value. On the contrary, it is to recognize that despite our darkness, we are valuable, and there is goodness in us.
That is humility, and a fireproof one, because then there will be nothing anyone can say to us about us that will take us out of our focus and peace of mind. It is complicated? very complicated, but the prize of being people who know who they are is worth it.
We must not exaggerate, this is not about singing our virtues and sobbing our defects to the four winds and to the whole world, but to take a deep look at our personality and behavior in order not to deny ourselves what we should clearly know, which is who we really are.
Who are you? Have you really asked yourself that question?
And don't lie to yourself; at least answer honestly in front of a mirror: Are you humble, or do you pretend to be? By doing so, you will discover a lot about yourself and understand much of what is happening to you in this world.
If you come to understand that you are not really humble, the choice is yours: you can correct the problem, or you can continue as you are.
Even if you decide to continue on the wrong path, it will be different, because you will know deep down that you are not humble, and at some point, you will discover that you need to improve. Think about it.