Topic: Humility
metalwing's photo
Fri 12/16/11 11:12 AM







Acceptance of oneself is contentment....not humility
think it over,and apply a wider scope this time!


perhaps you can supply that scope by explaining why acceptance of oneself is humility and why it's not being content with onself


You are obviously struggling with great difficulty to explain something you do not understand. You are not wiser, more intelligent, or better educated than all the people here who are trying to explain humility to you. To understand it, you must have it.


once upon a time the majority of people was trying to explain how the world was flat to the one that claim that it was round


Ineffectual dodge. Please read post again.


I'm being humble and trying to allow you to explain what humility is using your own thoughts... if you can...


You are not, in any way, being humble. Far from it in fact.

Humility is a concept dealing with the learned value of your fellow human beings and the knowledge that you are not superior to them ... a concept you apparently struggle with daily.

Your comparison with the world being flat is inaccurate. A better comparison would be you as a landlubber explaining the art of sailing to a bunch of sailors. You simply can't find the words and don't understand the concept so you substitute subservience or variations thereof in an attempt to sound knowledgeable and superior, which of course proves the opposite.

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Fri 12/16/11 11:16 AM

You are not, in any way, being humble. Far from it in fact.


a club which you are now a member of

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Fri 12/16/11 11:18 AM
Edited by funches on Fri 12/16/11 11:20 AM

Humility is a concept dealing with the learned value of your fellow human beings and the knowledge that you are not superior to them ... a concept you apparently struggle with daily.


the others were claiming that humility was self-acceptance....your definition points to servitude

metalwing's photo
Fri 12/16/11 11:35 AM


Humility is a concept dealing with the learned value of your fellow human beings and the knowledge that you are not superior to them ... a concept you apparently struggle with daily.


the others were claiming that humility was self-acceptance....your definition points to servitude


So far, by far, yours is the only concept of servitude I've seen presented here. Knowing the value of others is also knowing the value of self. Knowing the value of self is a major part of self-acceptance.

Servitude has NOTHING to do with the concept no matter how hard you try to force it. One can be servile and humble but one can be humble without being subservient.

Your lack of understanding is showing.

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Fri 12/16/11 11:48 AM

So far, by far, yours is the only concept of servitude I've seen presented here. Knowing the value of others is also knowing the value of self. Knowing the value of self is a major part of self-acceptance.

Servitude has NOTHING to do with the concept no matter how hard you try to force it. One can be servile and humble but one can be humble without being subservient.

Your lack of understanding is showing.


generally people conmment on the lack of understanding and intelligence of others because they lack it theirself ...it's a sign of insecurity, it's a way to keep others from calling them stupid when they say/type something stupid

but anyway ...knowing the values of others do not make one humble...it makes them knowledgeable...

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Fri 12/16/11 02:44 PM
50 Ways to Show humility....


Use the response “It’s My Pleasure” when someone thanks you for doing something.
Use the response “I’d be honored” when someone asks you to help them or do something with them.
Listen more than you talk
Count to 3 before adding to a conversation to ensure the other person is done
Be willing to follow another person in conversation even if you don’t get to talk about your idea
Always offer to improve someone else’s idea and give them credit
Give credit for other’s ideas that you are carrying through on
Ask others for the opinion of others
Ask others to join conversations and contribute
It’s OK to be wrong and so admit it
Admit when you don’t understand or know something
Appreciate others who learn something quickly and say so
Be quick to apologize when you do something wrong
Study moral principles
Use moral principles to guide you
Understand you were created by something greater than yourself
Recognize your talents as gifts, not your own ability
Know how your skills have only been developed by the help of others
Share your own knowledge to pass on what you have learned
Pass on thanks when you receive it to those who helped you achieve what you were thanked for doing
Value other people’s time as much as your own
Never equate time spent with people to a dollar value
Don’t boast about your achievements, let others recognize them instead
Keep your goals to yourself
Help other people with their goals
Realize the potential in others
Know that timing is everything and everyone excels at different times in life
Being the 1st follower is often the best way to lead
Since winning isn’t everything, you don’t have to win
Recognize that you have faults
Remember you are you are no better or worse than anyone else
Ignore first impressions of people
Give others the benefit of the doubt
Provide positive and encouraging feedback instead of criticism
Make a choice to act more humbly
Practice at least one humble act each day
Be grateful for successes without boasting about them
Know how to accept praise with a simple thank you, don’t elaborate on it or talk more about it
Recognize the individualism of others and yourself, there is no need to conform
Share your core values and live them accordingly regardless of the circumstances
Prioritize things in your life and rate your actions on whether to followed that priority or not
Rate other people as first, be less significant
Forgive those who wrong you and move on without revenge or lashing back
Serve others and not yourself first
Seek wisdom, which is knowledge of what is true coupled with just judgment of action
Recognize and know that you know little and there is always more to learn
Avoid explosive reactions, subside aggression
Accept new ideas and change, not being stuck on what you knew before
Teach all that you can for the benefit of others
Learn from and model the life of the most humble teachers in history

flowerforyou

oldsage's photo
Fri 12/16/11 03:01 PM

50 Ways to Show humility....


Use the response “It’s My Pleasure” when someone thanks you for doing something.
Use the response “I’d be honored” when someone asks you to help them or do something with them.
Listen more than you talk
Count to 3 before adding to a conversation to ensure the other person is done
Be willing to follow another person in conversation even if you don’t get to talk about your idea
Always offer to improve someone else’s idea and give them credit
Give credit for other’s ideas that you are carrying through on
Ask others for the opinion of others
Ask others to join conversations and contribute
It’s OK to be wrong and so admit it
Admit when you don’t understand or know something
Appreciate others who learn something quickly and say so
Be quick to apologize when you do something wrong
Study moral principles
Use moral principles to guide you
Understand you were created by something greater than yourself
Recognize your talents as gifts, not your own ability
Know how your skills have only been developed by the help of others
Share your own knowledge to pass on what you have learned
Pass on thanks when you receive it to those who helped you achieve what you were thanked for doing
Value other people’s time as much as your own
Never equate time spent with people to a dollar value
Don’t boast about your achievements, let others recognize them instead
Keep your goals to yourself
Help other people with their goals
Realize the potential in others
Know that timing is everything and everyone excels at different times in life
Being the 1st follower is often the best way to lead
Since winning isn’t everything, you don’t have to win
Recognize that you have faults
Remember you are you are no better or worse than anyone else
Ignore first impressions of people
Give others the benefit of the doubt
Provide positive and encouraging feedback instead of criticism
Make a choice to act more humbly
Practice at least one humble act each day
Be grateful for successes without boasting about them
Know how to accept praise with a simple thank you, don’t elaborate on it or talk more about it
Recognize the individualism of others and yourself, there is no need to conform
Share your core values and live them accordingly regardless of the circumstances
Prioritize things in your life and rate your actions on whether to followed that priority or not
Rate other people as first, be less significant
Forgive those who wrong you and move on without revenge or lashing back
Serve others and not yourself first
Seek wisdom, which is knowledge of what is true coupled with just judgment of action
Recognize and know that you know little and there is always more to learn
Avoid explosive reactions, subside aggression
Accept new ideas and change, not being stuck on what you knew before
Teach all that you can for the benefit of others
Learn from and model the life of the most humble teachers in history

flowerforyou



FANTASTIC words to guide your life.

( wonder where she found them )

MariahsFantasy's photo
Fri 12/16/11 03:04 PM

50 Ways to Show humility....

Use the response “It’s My Pleasure” when someone thanks you for doing something.
Use the response “I’d be honored” when someone asks you to help them or do something with them.
Listen more than you talk
Count to 3 before adding to a conversation to ensure the other person is done
Be willing to follow another person in conversation even if you don’t get to talk about your idea
Always offer to improve someone else’s idea and give them credit
Give credit for other’s ideas that you are carrying through on
Ask others for the opinion of others
Ask others to join conversations and contribute
It’s OK to be wrong and so admit it
Admit when you don’t understand or know something
Appreciate others who learn something quickly and say so
Be quick to apologize when you do something wrong
Study moral principles
Use moral principles to guide you
Understand you were created by something greater than yourself
Recognize your talents as gifts, not your own ability
Know how your skills have only been developed by the help of others
Share your own knowledge to pass on what you have learned
Pass on thanks when you receive it to those who helped you achieve what you were thanked for doing
Value other people’s time as much as your own
Never equate time spent with people to a dollar value
Don’t boast about your achievements, let others recognize them instead
Keep your goals to yourself
Help other people with their goals
Realize the potential in others
Know that timing is everything and everyone excels at different times in life
Being the 1st follower is often the best way to lead
Since winning isn’t everything, you don’t have to win
Recognize that you have faults
Remember you are you are no better or worse than anyone else
Ignore first impressions of people
Give others the benefit of the doubt
Provide positive and encouraging feedback instead of criticism
Make a choice to act more humbly
Practice at least one humble act each day
Be grateful for successes without boasting about them
Know how to accept praise with a simple thank you, don’t elaborate on it or talk more about it
Recognize the individualism of others and yourself, there is no need to conform
Share your core values and live them accordingly regardless of the circumstances
Prioritize things in your life and rate your actions on whether to followed that priority or not
Rate other people as first, be less significant
Forgive those who wrong you and move on without revenge or lashing back
Serve others and not yourself first
Seek wisdom, which is knowledge of what is true coupled with just judgment of action
Recognize and know that you know little and there is always more to learn
Avoid explosive reactions, subside aggression
Accept new ideas and change, not being stuck on what you knew before
Teach all that you can for the benefit of others
Learn from and model the life of the most humble teachers in history

flowerforyou



I love all of this. :heart:

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Fri 12/16/11 03:06 PM


50 Ways to Show humility....


Use the response “It’s My Pleasure” when someone thanks you for doing something.
Use the response “I’d be honored” when someone asks you to help them or do something with them.
Listen more than you talk
Count to 3 before adding to a conversation to ensure the other person is done
Be willing to follow another person in conversation even if you don’t get to talk about your idea
Always offer to improve someone else’s idea and give them credit
Give credit for other’s ideas that you are carrying through on
Ask others for the opinion of others
Ask others to join conversations and contribute
It’s OK to be wrong and so admit it
Admit when you don’t understand or know something
Appreciate others who learn something quickly and say so
Be quick to apologize when you do something wrong
Study moral principles
Use moral principles to guide you
Understand you were created by something greater than yourself
Recognize your talents as gifts, not your own ability
Know how your skills have only been developed by the help of others
Share your own knowledge to pass on what you have learned
Pass on thanks when you receive it to those who helped you achieve what you were thanked for doing
Value other people’s time as much as your own
Never equate time spent with people to a dollar value
Don’t boast about your achievements, let others recognize them instead
Keep your goals to yourself
Help other people with their goals
Realize the potential in others
Know that timing is everything and everyone excels at different times in life
Being the 1st follower is often the best way to lead
Since winning isn’t everything, you don’t have to win
Recognize that you have faults
Remember you are you are no better or worse than anyone else
Ignore first impressions of people
Give others the benefit of the doubt
Provide positive and encouraging feedback instead of criticism
Make a choice to act more humbly
Practice at least one humble act each day
Be grateful for successes without boasting about them
Know how to accept praise with a simple thank you, don’t elaborate on it or talk more about it
Recognize the individualism of others and yourself, there is no need to conform
Share your core values and live them accordingly regardless of the circumstances
Prioritize things in your life and rate your actions on whether to followed that priority or not
Rate other people as first, be less significant
Forgive those who wrong you and move on without revenge or lashing back
Serve others and not yourself first
Seek wisdom, which is knowledge of what is true coupled with just judgment of action
Recognize and know that you know little and there is always more to learn
Avoid explosive reactions, subside aggression
Accept new ideas and change, not being stuck on what you knew before
Teach all that you can for the benefit of others
Learn from and model the life of the most humble teachers in history

flowerforyou



FANTASTIC words to guide your life.

( wonder where she found them )


I google this..."Give me real life example of a person/people exhibiting humility"....flowerforyou

I googled them for Funches...because he was asking about humility and what it mean....

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Fri 12/16/11 03:11 PM


50 Ways to Show humility....

Use the response “It’s My Pleasure” when someone thanks you for doing something.
Use the response “I’d be honored” when someone asks you to help them or do something with them.
Listen more than you talk
Count to 3 before adding to a conversation to ensure the other person is done
Be willing to follow another person in conversation even if you don’t get to talk about your idea
Always offer to improve someone else’s idea and give them credit
Give credit for other’s ideas that you are carrying through on
Ask others for the opinion of others
Ask others to join conversations and contribute
It’s OK to be wrong and so admit it
Admit when you don’t understand or know something
Appreciate others who learn something quickly and say so
Be quick to apologize when you do something wrong
Study moral principles
Use moral principles to guide you
Understand you were created by something greater than yourself
Recognize your talents as gifts, not your own ability
Know how your skills have only been developed by the help of others
Share your own knowledge to pass on what you have learned
Pass on thanks when you receive it to those who helped you achieve what you were thanked for doing
Value other people’s time as much as your own
Never equate time spent with people to a dollar value
Don’t boast about your achievements, let others recognize them instead
Keep your goals to yourself
Help other people with their goals
Realize the potential in others
Know that timing is everything and everyone excels at different times in life
Being the 1st follower is often the best way to lead
Since winning isn’t everything, you don’t have to win
Recognize that you have faults
Remember you are you are no better or worse than anyone else
Ignore first impressions of people
Give others the benefit of the doubt
Provide positive and encouraging feedback instead of criticism
Make a choice to act more humbly
Practice at least one humble act each day
Be grateful for successes without boasting about them
Know how to accept praise with a simple thank you, don’t elaborate on it or talk more about it
Recognize the individualism of others and yourself, there is no need to conform
Share your core values and live them accordingly regardless of the circumstances
Prioritize things in your life and rate your actions on whether to followed that priority or not
Rate other people as first, be less significant
Forgive those who wrong you and move on without revenge or lashing back
Serve others and not yourself first
Seek wisdom, which is knowledge of what is true coupled with just judgment of action
Recognize and know that you know little and there is always more to learn
Avoid explosive reactions, subside aggression
Accept new ideas and change, not being stuck on what you knew before
Teach all that you can for the benefit of others
Learn from and model the life of the most humble teachers in history

flowerforyou



I love all of this. :heart:


Yeah, I agree Mariah..Pretty wise words and even wiser way to live life...:heart:

waving
flowerforyou

Ladylid2012's photo
Fri 12/16/11 03:29 PM
Leigh, that's a great list and by the description,
humility would be an honoring of, well...everything.

The greeting namaste would fit..but then I think the term has become over used and people use it without understanding it.

Thanks for posting thatflowerforyou

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Fri 12/16/11 04:10 PM

Leigh, that's a great list and by the description,
humility would be an honoring of, well...everything.

The greeting namaste would fit..but then I think the term has become over used and people use it without understanding it.

Thanks for posting thatflowerforyou


Awwwww Lori, your welcome, glad you enjoyed! ...It is a great list isn't it...smile2


Ladylid2012's photo
Fri 12/16/11 04:13 PM


Leigh, that's a great list and by the description,
humility would be an honoring of, well...everything.

The greeting namaste would fit..but then I think the term has become over used and people use it without understanding it.

Thanks for posting thatflowerforyou


Awwwww Lori, your welcome, glad you enjoyed! ...It is a great list isn't it...smile2




A great list and some mighty big shoes to fill...
so to speak.

The world would be a better place if we all
adopted even some.

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Fri 12/16/11 04:18 PM



Leigh, that's a great list and by the description,
humility would be an honoring of, well...everything.

The greeting namaste would fit..but then I think the term has become over used and people use it without understanding it.

Thanks for posting thatflowerforyou


Awwwww Lori, your welcome, glad you enjoyed! ...It is a great list isn't it...smile2




A great list and some mighty big shoes to fill...
so to speak.

The world would be a better place if we all
adopted even some.


:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

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Fri 12/16/11 04:18 PM



Humility is the state of being humble. A humble person is generally thought to be unpretentious and modest: someone who does not think that he or she is better or more important than others


Humility is a state like Rhode Island!

boonedoggy61's photo
Fri 12/16/11 04:22 PM
I need adopted.....interested





laugh laugh

andrewzooms's photo
Fri 12/16/11 04:25 PM



Humility is the state of being humble. A humble person is generally thought to be unpretentious and modest: someone who does not think that he or she is better or more important than others



You always have to be humble. No such thing as a perfect person.

patsfan64's photo
Fri 12/16/11 04:27 PM




Humility is the state of being humble. A humble person is generally thought to be unpretentious and modest: someone who does not think that he or she is better or more important than others



You always have to be humble. No such thing as a perfect person.


You're right andrewzooms, there was one perfect person in this world and look what they did to him!

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Fri 12/16/11 04:59 PM





Humility is the state of being humble. A humble person is generally thought to be unpretentious and modest: someone who does not think that he or she is better or more important than others



You always have to be humble. No such thing as a perfect person.


good point. and i loves the list. works in progress and aware of that. hopefully.


Humility should be a life long process....Yes people are people and all are created equal....:heart:

krupa's photo
Fri 12/16/11 05:23 PM
Humility has its place and is very useful when the situation requires it.

Forthright dominance is pretty useful too when properly applied.