(March 30, 2018 at 3:13 pm)Bahana Wrote: I admit I have a visceral reaction when I hear people bragging about themselves or their accomplishments. I'm not sure if it's something leftover from my Christian upbringing that put a high value on humility. Many today feel there's nothing wrong with talking about your good qualities or your accomplishments because it shows self-confidence. Of course overdoing it can make it look like someone is overcompensating. What is your view?
The biblical teachings on humility where some of the first things that I was drawn to, when I became a Christian. To realize that it's not all about me, and that I'm not entitled to nearly as much as I think. That it is better to let others lift you up, rather than assume that you are better than you are. I always liked this from C.S. Lewis.
C.S. Lewis Wrote:To even get near [humility], even for a moment, is like a drink of cold water to a man in a desert.
Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will be what most people call “humble” nowadays: he will not be a sort of greasy, smarmy person, who is always telling you that, of course, he is nobody.
Probably all you will think about him is that he seemed a cheerful, intelligent chap who took a real interest in what you said to him.
If you do dislike him it will be because you feel a little envious of anyone who seems to enjoy life so easily. He will not be thinking about humility: he will not be thinking about himself at all.
It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man. - Alexander Vilenkin
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther
