The Importance of Humility in Life
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ScribdTranslationsHumility is a moral virtue opposed to pride, which the human being possesses in
recognize your skills, qualities, and capabilities, and leverage them to act for good
of others, without saying it. Humility allows a person to be trustworthy,
flexible and adaptable, to the extent that one becomes humble acquires greatness in
the heart of other people.
Humility is a human quality or characteristic that is attributed to every person.
to be considered a small and insignificant being in the face of the transcendent of its
existence or God according to whether it is discussed in theological terms. A humble person
generally should be modest and live without greater expectations: someone who does not think
that he or she is better or more important than others. The concept of humility in various
conceptions is often much more precise and extensive. Humility should not be
confused with humiliation, which is the act of making another experience in some way or in
One has an embarrassing feeling, and it is something completely different.
For Christianity, the most humble person was Jesus, who being the richest of all.
he became poor and was born in a manger and being the most important he died on a cross
["(Philippians 2:6-8), (Matthew 11:29)."]
From the perspective of spiritual evolution, humility is a virtue of realism.
it consists of being aware of our limitations and shortcomings and acting accordingly
agreement with such awareness. More precisely, humility is the wisdom of what
we are. That is to say, it is the wisdom of accepting our real evolutionary level.
Humility in people is considered to be all those qualities that reveal the
complete concept of what a human being is.
You don't always win, but you also don't always lose. It's important to practice balance and
Modesty. Success brings joy, but it doesn't have to translate into arrogance.
Defeats can sometimes be frustrating, but that doesn't mean we should let ourselves be discouraged.
carried by anger. Both situations teach us the value of humility: to respect
adversary and value our effort and that of the other.
THEY GIVE VALUE TO HARD WORK
Humble people are aware that most situations in life,
unless you are part of a privileged minority, they require hard work to
To be able to live with dignity and help others to do so as well.
For this reason, they value the importance of effort and hard work very positively, and since
then they do not mock those who decide to sacrifice various aspects of their daily life to
to promote ambitious and difficult projects (a complicated university degree, a
very specialized professional career in which many people compete, etc.).
They do not find pleasure in surpassing others.
A humble person does not have to completely reject situations in which they...
participate in a competitive dynamic, such as in a competitive exam or in
a project competition to receive a scholarship.
However, it does not experience pleasure in surpassing someone in something either.
person or group, since their self-esteem does not depend on obsessive comparisons
with others.
That is to say, they do not get emotionally involved in the competition itself, but in the development.
the quality product that can help them stand out as a consequence in a
competition.
3. THEY CAN BETTER TOLERATE LACK OF ATTENTION
Humble people can be both introverted and extroverted, but in
any case is less affected by the experience of not receiving much attention from
part of others.
This is something relative, since everyone requires being recognized by their peers,
but since this type of person does not feel the need to receive validation for
constantly parting from third parties, a certain solitude in this aspect does not generate for them
so much discomfort.