Five things I have learned about…humility

Cathy Madavan gives us some great ideas to actively cultivate more humility in our lives

Back in the day, my grandfather used to sing to me a silly song that began with: “Oh Lord it’s hard to be humble, when you’re perfect in every way!” We laughed a lot about that! The truth is, most of us feel far from perfect; in fact it is all too easy to put ourselves down. But humility (as the old adage goes) is not thinking less of ourselves, but rather thinking about ourselves less. In a culture that elevates success, beauty, accomplishments, confidence, knowledge, wealth and influence, humility instead accepts that we are not the centre of the universe, and (newsflash!) our opinion is not always guaranteed to be the right one. Honestly, who of us doesn’t wrestle with this? We all see things from our own point of view, after all. So, how might we cultivate humility in a culture that celebrates celebrity?