How best to approach a blog on being humble? We might begin with the standard dictionary definition: A) not proud or haughty. B) Reflecting, expressing or offered in a spirit of diffidence or submission. To my thinking neither of these definitions reflect the broader and true meaning. To be Humble For me the true definition […]
Here’s one of those things I am not all that proud about; my quest for approval. Know what I mean? When you know what is the right thing to do yet you do something else simply because you believe it is what someone else wants? Not a great feeling is it. Humans are, by nature,
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Sunday was Fathers day. As a group we dads often get less attention on our day than mom does on her day. This is not worth an argument; the point is along with the lesser attention and hoopla comes the question “What have I done to be proud of?” I am so happy to say
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For many of us the idea of being humble means feeling unworthy, insignificant, and perhaps even in submission to someone or something else. To “eat humble pie is to be forced into submission, apology or retraction. Yes, these definitions are in the dictionary, but only as secondary definitions. the primary definition is : not proud or
