Your four years of stay high school has taught you the two sides
of humility in partnership with respect.
As a freshie student by that time, adaptation was the hardest thing
you’ve to handle. You have had to listen well to the rules and regulations so
you won’t be reprimanded. Now, there goes obedience, especially to your
teachers who seemed to see you like sheep without a shepherd, and thought that
they were good enough to accept the preordained task. Conform to everything
they ask you to do and surely you’ll pass to be a sophie.
Moving on, you’re on your second year in high school and of
course you’ve gained profounder intellect and a teenager like you started
somehow screeching for your rights, knowing that students have this thing
called Magna Carta. Though you didn’t quite well understand the contents of
that thing, for you even haven’t read a page of it, others say that it defends
your being human and student, so you gradually learned how to furtively disobey
some, yes, some of those do’s and
don’ts, thinking that it’s just for the meantime.
And as you became a junior student, all I could say was “what happened to you?” Complacently,
you answered back - It wasn't until quite
late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say "I don't
know!" So that’s it, you’re acting dumb. Wow, isn’t that great?
You’re proving that no one could ever stop you, could ever let you do things
you do not somewhat like. Still, there’s that big difference between innocent
and acting-innocent-turned-into-ignorant. You considered this year of your high
school life as the most memorable one. The
hell I care was the thing you repeatedly say.
Now on your last year here in xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, in front of Mcdo Pxxx, beside Sxx Fxxxxxxx xx Dxxxx Pxxxx and under the wings of the creatures created by God named
beloved teachers (you’re wondering if God really created them), you cannot
sugarcoat the feelings in your heart anymore. The emotion is getting stronger,
it’s the energy that motivates something in you. You cannot ignore what you
really want to do. You should be honest and do it the way you feel it. You kept
telling that unto yourself until in an instant, you realized that everything is
at stake. For you are graduating, well, you should be graduating on the month
you love and hate the most at the same time – March. But there’s no stopping
it, now is your momentum. And ‘vaguely’
you recall that based on your lessons in Physics, in classical mechanics,
momentum (pl. momenta; SI unit kg·m/s, or, equivalently, N·s) is the product of
the mass and velocity of an object (p = mv); while in relativistic mechanics,
this quantity is multiplied by the Lorentz factor. ... blah, blah, blah. The
creatures created by God, upon hearing this got mad and screamed “Where the **** did you learn that?” So,
you have no choice but to go back acting ignorant and decided to praise them
with all your expertise. Congratulations, you made it, now you’ve graduated Bachelor of Arts Major in ‘Plasticity,’ are
you planning to pursue your Master’s Degree?
Without a doubt, along your way, your inner voice is whispering
you something and you can’t comprehend why is that voice merely whispering. As
if it’s afraid of someone, someone who might hear what it is saying and do
something it’s afraid of. Whew. Anyway, now you’re ready to spill out all your
beans. It’s what you call the other side of humility in partnership with
respect, entitled Humility in Action,
Manifestations of Real Men and Women of Faith, Love and Service.
You can defuse arguments
when you are humble. You do not need to stand up for yourself in an angry manner. And
you do not have to win every argument. You
can handle unfair treatment peacefully when you are humble. You can respond
to unfair treatment without being overcome by bitterness. Godly humility means
you do not feel a need for vengeance or revenge. You do not have to put on a "false front" when you are
humble. When you understand God and humility, you don't need to act like a
big shot. The better you know God, the less you have to prove. You can eat "humble pie" without
being crushed when you are humble. When you are humble, you can respond to
and learn from criticism without defensiveness—whether it is deserved or not
deserved. Likewise, you can be aware of your failures without being emotionally
devastated. You can ask forgiveness when
you are humble. Even if you think
you are only one percent wrong, you can easily apologize for what you did
wrong. You can talk with the right attitude when you are humble. You can talk
courteously and lovingly, regardless of the situation—even if you need to be
firm or take strong actions.
Being humble does not mean being a wimp. As I already wrote,
many people misunderstand humility. The following statements correct three
inaccurate pictures of humility. Bible-based humility does not mean groveling.
When I humble myself, I feel strong in the Lord. I don't need to be defensive. Bible-based humility isn't being unaware of
your gifts or calling. Although we
should avoid self-pride, godly humility does not mean we should pretend we are
unaware of the gifts God has given us. The key is to remember that they are
from God. Bible-based humility does not
mean never speaking directly. When God says to be humble, he it lets us
know we must examine our motives and attitudes. We also must examine how we
take action.
God and humility, enjoy the power in
humility. The results from understanding what the Bible says
about God and humility are more successful than those from taking an arrogant approach. (When you are humble, you
are likely to have more influence than when you fight abrasively.) Even if your
results are not successful, you have the joy and pleasure of having acted in a
godly manner; you are a winner even if you do not "win," when you
understand the meaning of humility in the Bible and put it into practice.
Now define humble. Once
my favorite teacher said, “Be humble.” And
before I left she whispered “Stay
humble.” Back then, I didn’t give much dwelling on it. After four years, I
discovered something. That humility cannot be measured by how many times you
have obeyed. But is truly tested by how many times you have disobeyed and your
reason for disobeying. Because staying humble doesn’t end in saying yes. Most
of the times, it starts in saying no and ending the creatures created by God
understand you well. I’m glad you experienced the two sides of humility in
partnership with respect. Indeed, you’re the boss of your very own life!
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