Posts Tagged ‘humility’
From Prison To Power
I remember as a kid the scandal called “Watergate”. I was just old enough to know something was wrong. It is my understanding that five people connected with President Nixon and the republicans burglarized the Democratic National Committee headquarters and then the Nixon Administration tried to cover it up. When the dust cleared there were…
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I know what it’s like to be proud. Heck, I’m a proud Dad and “Pop”. I think there’s a self-centered pride and “thankful pride”. When I say I’m a proud Dad, it is saturated with gratitude, because being a Dad is a huge blessing to me. I think sometimes being a Dad has taught me…
Read MoreArrogant
I’m confident that Arrogance and Pride are close relatives. They are both destructive to human beings, because we were wired to serve others rather than ourselves. Arrogant is feeling superior, self-importance and entitlement. Arrogance and pride make everything all about me. I am the center of my own universe. I am “all that and a…
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I believe that these a humble person is not a “push over”. A humble person not full of self-pity. A humble person knows who they are and who they aren’t. A humble person is defined as someone who is “courteously respectful” to others. An arrogant person in contrast is “someone displays an sense of “self-importance…
Read MoreHumble Crown
This thought is a bit of an oxymoron. People who wear a crown are not usually humble. People who wear a crown are often in a place of power. Homecoming queens wear a crown of popularity. Humility and power are not usually friends. Occasionally, there is a leader with great power and authority who is…
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I love receiving words of encouragement, especially when they are genuine. I know what it feels like to receive “manufactured encouragement”. The kind when it feels fake. I’ve been in positions of leadership and some of the people I was responsible for leading sometimes would give fake encouragement. It can also be called an “insincere…
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