Humility

I found the Spirit@Work® Card that I drew to be rather interesting.  It was another card that I found myself reading about over and over again.

These were my favourite passages from the text:

Humility is a sense of proportion and reverence for all of life – not just one’s own. It offers an intimate connection with God and the oneness of the Universe. Something that still permits, perhaps even encourages, us to have pride in the people we cherish and in the activities we enjoy.

Humility enables us to absorb both the thrills and disappointments of life with equal acceptance and equanimity.

and,

Humility is a daily practice, which we strive to deepen, so that we can place our emphasis on serving others instead of on ourselves.

From the poem:

Humility sees excellence and sacredness in all

And gives thanks for the gifts we hold.

and,

My calling is God’s gift to the world through me.

Guide my actions that I may humbly live my Calling

To help the world be a place of peace and love.

This is something I find to be so much bigger than what I could possibly hope to be. What if the sharing of my childhood is my calling? If it were it would strengthen the belief that everything happens for a reason. It would mean my childhood was a gift that could inspire others to find their gifts from challenging moments. That would bring a completely different perspective to who I really am and why I’m here. That same perspective could ring true for everyone.

At the same time, I’m tempted to say that I’m not really capable of serving others until I come to peace with my past. To understand who I really am and discover a way of living as the person I really am deep down at the core of my Soul.

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