Life takes no respite from ensuring that you stay humble. Whatever your ego or self-esteem might be, it is crushed out of you to make you realize that you are nothing in this world.
One might argue that self-esteem is good and I shouldn't talk about it along side ego. Now, it is good, but there are times when even that does not remain with you. It's not that you consider yourself worthless, it's not even about confidence. You become self-aware and extremely conscious of the circumstances.
There are times when you need to give a boost to your own self and dream and motivate yourself. But, unfortunately, even that is not possible some times. You have to be humble even in that. Even a morale-booster can become too much and then life turns around and says, 'No, you are not humble enough!'
The way you have lived your whole life is no longer acceptable and humble enough, even though you have lived within your means and have not boasted about it or abused it. Life tells you, 'No, you need to be humble. Change your life!'
Your casual, everyday expectations, are no longer humble. And, you might as well forget about some extra-ordinary or out-of-the-ordinary things happening in your life. If they do, it's a miracle. But, you can't even enjoy them properly because by that time, you have been so used to being humble that you even fear showing happiness lest it be taken away from you for not being humble enough in expressing it.
Humility - never forget about it!
I hope it's just an observation out of thought. Or did you experience something lately that made you write this? Whatever you said, holds true though :)
ReplyDeleteIt's an observation from life. After all, I believe, thoughts are the by-products of your experiences, are they not?
ReplyDeleteIndeed! Life is about experiencing the various highs that take you to the seventh heaven and various lows that show you that everything in this world is a cycle! True humility should not be misunderstood as weakness......its when you are at the peak of your success that your true humility is shown to the world! :)
ReplyDelete@Fareena: Even at the peak of your success, you might not be humble and gracious. But, life has a way of making you understand the importance of humility. It will bring you down. Unfortunately, sometimes some people are forced to be humble even if they do not have much to brag about. Their circumstances make them humble. They are left with no choice but to accept the situation and move along. They have no power to fight it.
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