a quality : humility

Humility - the quality of not being too proud about yourself. In other words, being humble. And in more words, its the opposite of arrogance.

In a person, i am dead sure that there are at least a few good qualities in him/her. Also, i believe that even a crook have some good qualities in them. Perhaps we should exclude those psychopaths, for some of them really did lost their logical selves to god knows what.

To name some of this qualities, they include caring, responsible, respectful and righteousness etc. And of course, one of them is none other than humility. And surprisingly, it is actually a quality, in my humble opinion, that can be exercised regularly and eventually play a big part in your life.

I witnessed a case of how detrimental it is when one fail to exercise humility. Naturally, there are many times one can get carried away with their achievements and successes, that they forgot in order to achieve that much, other people have to sacrifice. What on earth do i mean?

Say, for example, two buddies playing a game. It's either you kill me for you to win, or either i kill you for me to win. As cruel as reality can get, one is a winner and one is not. And to me, there is really no point in gloating over your victory, claiming how great you are, and self praising shamelessly. Is that really what friends are for? Putting down each other?

No, definitely not. At least i don't think so. Even if your opponent is not your friend, or perhaps even your hated enemy, humility is still the best way to go. Would you rather the person you defeated admire you from afar? or would you rather he hating you for being so arrogant? I believe the former would be the wiser choice.

Of course, it's not about being hypocrites here. To exercise humility, you really do need to be sincere in doing so. I shan't say i'm humble, for saying so will really contradict myself. I'm not perfect either, there are times where i really wish to verbally display all my skills etc. But still, there's a phrase that comes to my mind whenever that happens. It is none other than "actions do speak louder than words". Show it, instead of praising yourself in front of others.

Respect is earned, not demanded. Earn by showing what you are made of and being humble about it. It is not gained by bragging how you fought tis war etc. Even if so, i believe its just some shallow respect.

Whoa, i'm back. That was my other self. Got kinda agitated earlier on today. But now i'm fine. Forgive and forget i reckon.

Drop me more signs. Then i'll be ready to take the plunge. Trust me. I will.