Had some very good news today! Wish I could share it but I had to sign all kinds of non-disclosure agreements and whatnot. But trust me, it's awesome!!
During a discussion about how good a turn this is, a dear friend shared something that I thought was rather profound. It's a notion I've never considered before and it's already greatly impacted my outlook on life. Here it is, in his own words...
Stay humble, but let me tell you a story: When I first came into the Twelve Steps program, I was saying to my sponsor how bad a person I was. His response was,
"Wow. What an ego on YOU."
I replied, "That's the opposite of ego."
He smiled and said, "No it isn't. Do you know the Latin root of the word "humble"? It is "humus". To be grounded. Humility is the act of being neither greater NOR LESS THAN who you truly are."
Light bulb went off over my head. Now I try to be humble. Neither greater nor less than.
If nothing else I have learned something new to me: the word "humus" and how it's the basis of "humble".
I have been told before that I am humble. Maybe I've been trying to be too humble. Hence, something other than grounded.
It's something good to meditate upon for the rest of this evening.
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