Humility Against Pride
By: Chukwuebuka C. oguocha
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less – Rick warren.
Many had likened humility to be weakness, low self-esteem etc. To counter this erroneous idea and belief, humility is simply being mindful of others needs and predicaments, whether they are connected or not connected to you. It is respecting others interest and opinion, against being selfish and dogmatic; No mater your status.
Even the bible regarded humility_ Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vein conceit. Rather in humility value others above your selves, not looking to your own interests, but each of you to the interests of others. In your relationships with one another – Phil. 2:3…
Mother Teresa dedicated her life to minister to the poorest people in Calcutta. She saw the importance of helping them meet their needs, just as she would love hers to be met. She decided to live at their level so as to be able to help them.
The above scenario is good example of humility in display. A lot of people today had allowed pride take over their human conscience, thereby letting their relationships suffer.
The discussion is how practicing humility in relationships can bring them to better shape. For any relationship to attain a greatness, humility is one important ingredients needed for better results.
It will interest you to know that a lot of relationships had been terminated due to the ignorance of the importance of humility, while many had been many strong and successful because of the application of the understanding of the concept of humility.
Many had broken up with their partners due to lack of humility, many youths had loosed the opportunity of being helped, due to lack of humility, lots of marriages suffer due to the absence of humility… it is important to know how humility works for better relationships.
How can humility be put to work? Below are few ways to make humility work in your relationships.
- Practice Mindfulness: Don’t be less concern about others success or failure; when they succeed, rejoice and celebrate with them. When they fail in any project, encourage and advise them, urge them to push forward. People never outgrow the stage of being thought of, doing this put them in the position of also attending to you when needed.
- Show Gratitude: Gratitude attracts more favor. Not showing gratitude to one another, especially on the things some people consider little, when you are faced with bigger challenge, that demands huge assistance you possibly may not gain the assistance you needed, because the path of favor had been uselessed by previous acts.
- Ask for Help: Many so much dwell in their pride, that they consider seeking for help weakness; this wrong impression had made so many people; especially men who can be considered famous and influential, to suffer regrets later. Pride is one thing that could make the great even lose all he’s got, but humility elevates.
- Listen to Others: So many people lack the characteristics of listening to others opinions on a particular issue; especially people who feel entitled and bossy, have this challenge, and certainly it’s not helping matters. Imagine a business man who regards the opinion of his customers or workers be useless, because he feels he’s an expat, or a man who barely listens to his lover suggestions or opinions on certain areas of their relationship, because he thinks it is unmanly to buy into his lover thoughts. In a situation like that failure is not farfetched.
- Seek for Criticism: No one is said to be perfect, after all we all aspire for perfection; therefore, give in to criticism, it makes you better. It’s wise to ask people to criticize you without sentiments, by so doing you see the wrong side of you and adjust to be better. There are people who see criticism as hatred, jealousy etc., and not adhering to any criticism limits their strengths, and they fail to progress.
- Review your Actions Against Pride: This is somewhat an activity people find difficult to practice. One of the best thing to do for anyone who wish to exhibit humility in character, is to look back at whatever actions; examine them to know where you’ve wronged people, or made mistakes in the process. Doing this will only shape your personality for good.
Practicing the few above listed and discussed ways to make humility work in relationships, no doubt you will be grooming a better relationship for a better future.
On the comment section, What is your Idea about humility?
