It’s a curious thing, humility, and not something that sits very comfortably alongside current trends for the sort of self-promotion that spells success on Instagram. More modest values might appear rather old-fashioned, boring even, but humility shouldn’t be confused with not taking pride in our achievements. So how is it possible to remain grounded, while still feeling it’s OK to take pride in what we do?
A little humility can help temper pride, avoiding the risk of turning personal satisfaction into boasting, arrogance or conceit. Often, if we begin to get too big for our boots, a little humility can, quite literally, get our feet back on the ground.
The word humility comes from the Latin, humus, for the ground to which we might indeed tumble, humiliated if, as the…
