THOUGHTS ON HUMILITY

For me, handling criticism is easy. First, maybe I get angry. After that, I will analyze the facts and take responsibility for my faults. The things I can change, and many times I can indeed change something, I change them while the things I cannot change, I move on. Sometimes, I appreciate the critic.

Criticism is helpful, I’m so sure of this!

But PRAISE, COMMENDATION…. How do I handle this?

Handling praise is hard. How do you appreciate people for appreciating you? How does one stay humble in an atmosphere that appreciates his worth more than he deserves? If praise can make one proud, and indeed, it does, how then does one respond to it? These are real concerns for me. Often times, praise comes with flattery, how does one navigate these?

One time, I decided I will not respond to any comment, I will simply use emoji’s and just react to comment. For those who praise me in physical exchange, I will simply run away.

Of course, that’s not a sustainable and best solution.

I don’t have an answer, and it still baffles me. Humility is important but appreciated people have the tendency to be proud and it’s the reason they have to seek humility at all cost.

I know of one place that helps a person to stay humble, the presence of God. When we come to God, we are coming in full- with everything wrong that we have done and with a conscious that we don’t deserve all that we have and that He is the architect of this beautiful life that we have.

Despite this, I still find myself proud, for instance, what can make a person write this if not that he wants to teach people on humility, and who dares teach anyone about humility except anyone that has conquered his pride….

Dear God, can you rid me of myself?