Humility is what it means to be true to ones self

Humility is what it means to be true to ones self

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Humility, or the state of being humble, is a character or virtue of one’s self that is, for the most part, orthogonal to success in life or greatness in world affairs. That is, geometrically speaking, humility and success are at right angles to one another, or in terms of experimental design, they are statistically independent. In other words, one can be humble or arrogant, modest or showy, self-effacing or brash and also achieve world-changing greatness or do absolutely nothing of note.
As humility is a virtue we of course acknowledge those who express it even as they receive our accolades for greatness.
“Today I consider myself the luckiest Women on the face of the earth.” Wow, it raises a lump in one’s throat.  Greatness is a result of many variables, none of which have much at all to do with the virtue of humility. Intelligence, skill, training, coaching, advice, social connections, timing luck, and plain old hard work and diligence all factor into someone’s achieving success. And if we throw a good measure of self-confidence, risk-taking, and derring-do into the mix, this would make humility even less likely to be expressed. Perhaps this is why we tend to notice — and reward with public recognition — those great ones who also show a little humility along the way. (Perhaps they even get a little boost now and again from such recognition, but I’m afraid that it isn’t necessary to get them to or help them stay at the top.)

In the end, at the deepest level, you have to be true to yourself, and this means observing the principle of humanity, that existence exists, reality is real, and that you are you and not someone else. To try to be something that you are not, or to pretend to be someone else, is a violation of that most fundamental axiom of life. In your personal life, humility means to discover who you are, what you believe, where you want to go, when you want to get there, why you are here, and how you got here. Our task in growing up, coming of age, and pursuing a career is discovering who we are. To thine own self be true.
Thine own self is your humility, so by being true to yourself you can avoid a lot of the difficulties many people encounter. People who work in jobs they hate are not being true to themselves; they are in violation of the principle of humility.
Priests and ministers who doubt the existence of God and the purpose of their calling lead lives of deception and fail utterly.
Just as atheists do who pretend to believe in God because of social pressure. Humanity applies to beliefs as well as actions.
People who seek self-esteem through the success of others are in violation of the true nature and cause of self-esteem: accomplishment through honest hard work. Governments who try to help the poor by robbing the rich destroy both the poor and the rich, because the poor can only become rich by helping themselves and the rich earned their riches and deserve to keep them. Nations that attempt to force other nations into political and economic change that they do not want will be met with violent resistance.

Humility is knowing who you are and following it with integrity.