Where the humility for me always lies, is in the recognition of what my short comings truly are, I don’t believe that I necessarily find all my short comings in my character defects, the ones that are apparent to me now, are different from what they were in the beginning. If I am sincerely trying to change, I need to work on change. These shortcomings that I suffer from are that I don’t always pray enough, I don’t meditate enough, I don’t help enough, I judge myself and others too often, I make too many assumptions about God, and the list goes on. My failures however are also lessons that give me awareness of myself, I know some may not examine or want too, but at this point of my life I must. There are too many past transgressions, not pray to help me change those actions that live in me, that will keep me in the ignorance of me. I know this step has changed me to a degree, how great that change seems to others I don’t know, but I know how big it is to me. I continuously have to take action and more action on those shortcomings, so I can learn how to change those character defects that stand in the way of my helping others. It is in that service that I see how great those changes truly are. I know that if I find a moment of humility, I can find more moments of gratitude. In the Beatitudes it states that “The meek shall inherit the earth”, to me meekness is not weakness, and it is learning Humility and Humanity.
Peace Out: M