Rants far and wide

I have become just another one, haven't I?

the ability of individuals to completely ignore evidence--factual, statistically true evidence--for the sake of supporting their belief narrative will never not astound me.

I think being humble is highly underrated.

Taking a long hard look at ourselves everyday and seeing ourselves objectively should be mandatory.

Humility is merely perspective. Those without it lack a fundamental skill of living.

I think humility is highly overrated.

I've spent most of my life hating myself for perceived flaws. Adding society's expectation of humility to that--to artificially lessen my own accomplishments and abilities so that i would never be boastful or brag--made it worse, because I had nothing in the "Pro" column to balance out what I perceived as all my "Cons."

I don't do humble, anymore. I'm healthier this way. Taking a long, hard, objective look at yourself every day should be mandatory.

Steamboat, you have an air of humility...

My guess would be that you were outta wack with it... Thinking any "self thought" was vanity...

I did it too...

You're good...

Jestor wrote: Steamboat, you have an air of humility...

...have you met me? lol

Taking a long, hard, objective look at yourself every day should be mandatory.

Is it incorrect to say this IS what humility "should" be?

I mean, we say that lowering oneself is humble... but, I don't think it is... I feel like objectively... you ARE lower than some people in certain areas. Hell, I know I'm not NEARLY in the same universe as your intelligence. But, I know I can probably sing 40 operas around you and do some other things you're not good at (I'm only assuming you're not an opera singer or musical genius).

In my mind, being aware that there is somebody worse than me and somebody better than me IS humble.

steamboat28 wrote: I think humility is highly overrated.

I've spent most of my life hating myself for perceived flaws. Adding society's expectation of humility to that--to artificially lessen my own accomplishments and abilities so that i would never be boastful or brag--made it worse, because I had nothing in the "Pro" column to balance out what I perceived as all my "Cons."

I don't do humble, anymore. I'm healthier this way. Taking a long, hard, objective look at yourself every day should be mandatory.

ive read that the humility of the merchant is to lick the boots and scrape the floor for the next up the ladder and expect the one below to lick boots and scrape floors for oneself

but the humility of a warrior is that they hold their heads up with everyone
and encourage everyone to hold their heads up with them as well

I guess my rant is that I can't stand that so many people in the world confuse being humble with being a pushover.
Being humble is not, despite what certain definitions in the dictionary may say, being lowly, self-hating, or anything of the sort. It is a way of life where you present yourself with modesty despite any successes or failures. To treat all people with respect, to respect the autonomy of others; to not seek out conflict and to leave it whenever you can. To be humble is to not only present yourself this way, but to be satisfied and unmoved (or at least not moved greatly) by personal pride, passion, greed, opinion or otherwise. It is a wonderful form of selflessness, not a form of self-doubt or self-hatred.

One of my professors is an old man. He's got hundreds, if not thousands of books which he has read through and understands completely. He is one of the most intelligent people I have ever met. But he'll still sit down and talk casually with anyone who wants to talk, will laugh with you and not at you, and seems to hold no pretense of superiority despite his knowledge and position. Another one of my professors is arrogant, holds a similar level of knowledge, but talks down to anyone who doesn't make more money than him in a year and flaunts his successes. The first man is humble. The second one is not. I respect the first man much more than I respect the second, and I suspect most people who have known both of these men hold similar opinions.