Title: Why humility isn't what most people think it is
Headings: Why humility isn’t what most people think it is
Why humility isn’t what most people think it is
Don't fall for the misinterpretations of what true humility is all about.
What humility is not
Humility is authenticity
Humble people have a good effect on those around them
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Content: Humble people have a good effect on those around them
Being truly humble and living authentically makes other people feel comfortable. They know they don’t have to walk on eggshells because humble people aren’t always defensive or trying to impose themselves on others. Humble people know how to recognize when they are wrong, ask forgiveness, look for help, and publicly acknowledge their own mistakes. They’re easy to be around because they don’t feel the need to impose their opinion or to be right all the time. They aren’t afraid of criticism, because they don’t need to protect a false image of themselves. Humble people are grateful, able to recognize other people’s generosity, and they are empathetic, knowing how to be compassionate with other people’s shortcomings. In short, far from making us negative, unproductive people who denigrate themselves and never realize their potential, true humility makes us more human, free, mature, compassionate, and grateful. Read more: 12 Steps to get some of the humility our world so badly needs
Read more: 15 Thoughts from the saints that will make you actually love humility
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