4:25AM in the morning, still awakes, I'm not even yawning a bit. I'm posting in my blogs, and while I'm doing that I browse kerygmafamily.com and listen to some of audio teachings.
When I have spare time, what I do? Well, some boring stuff to some, like reading books or listening to seminars or interviews of internet marketers and successful businessmen to know how they think. Or sometimes like this particular time, I'm listening to Bo Sanchez' audio teachings to be inspired by the word of God. His teaching is also for non-Catholic or non-religious people, his teachings is applicable to anyone who wants to improved his lot in life.
There is one teaching: it is about how we look at the word "humility". For years I've got misconception about humility. I think I'm humble because I don't talk too much, when someone is near with me and he/she is so talkative and to talk to me, I don't because I think he/she is to proud and boasting so much. When someone praise me, I'm so thankful but subconsciously I thinking that they don't need to.
Well those days was gone, Bo Sanchez talked about Saint Josemaria Escriva's writing about The Seventeen Evidences of a Lack of Humility. I will not explain this more, I just shared to you my experiences regarding this wonderful wisdom.
The Seventeen Evidences of a Lack of Humility
1. To think that what one says or does is better than what others say or do
2. To always to want to get your own way
3. To argue with stubbornness and bad manners whether you are right or wrong
4. To give your opinion when it has not been requested or when charity does not demand it
5. To look down on another's point of view
6. Not to look on your gifts and abilities as lent
7. Not to recognize that you are unworthy of all honors and esteem, not even of the earth you walk on and things you possess
8. To use yourself as an example in conversations
9. To speak badly of yourself so that others will think well of you or contradict you
10. To excuse yourself when you are corrected
11. To hide humiliating faults from your spiritual director, so that he will not change the impression he has of you
12. To take pleasure in praise and compliments
13. To be saddened because others are held in higher esteem
14. To refuse to perform inferior tasks
15. To seek to stand out
16. To refer in conversation to your honesty, genius, dexterity, or professional prestige
17. To be ashamed because you lack certain goods
1. To think that what one says or does is better than what others say or do
2. To always to want to get your own way
3. To argue with stubbornness and bad manners whether you are right or wrong
4. To give your opinion when it has not been requested or when charity does not demand it
5. To look down on another's point of view
6. Not to look on your gifts and abilities as lent
7. Not to recognize that you are unworthy of all honors and esteem, not even of the earth you walk on and things you possess
8. To use yourself as an example in conversations
9. To speak badly of yourself so that others will think well of you or contradict you
10. To excuse yourself when you are corrected
11. To hide humiliating faults from your spiritual director, so that he will not change the impression he has of you
12. To take pleasure in praise and compliments
13. To be saddened because others are held in higher esteem
14. To refuse to perform inferior tasks
15. To seek to stand out
16. To refer in conversation to your honesty, genius, dexterity, or professional prestige
17. To be ashamed because you lack certain goods
So many people confused the word "humility" with "pride". Arrogance is having confidence with yourself alone and humility is having confidence with God.
Great blog! Interesting topics. Concise ideas, easy to read and digest as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks ate liza. Have a more prosperous year this coming 2010. God bless. :)
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