For by the grace (unmerited favour of God) given to me I warn everyone among you not to estimate and think of himself more highly than he ought [not to have an exaggerated opinion of his own importance], but to rate his ability with sober judgment, each according to the degree of faith apportioned by God to him.
Humility encourages each of us to understand that we have much to learn walking our road of experience, sufficient to appreciate that the hard knocks that we encounter on our life's journey of self discovery teach us how little we know.
With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things. ~ William Wordsworth
Our Father reminds us daily when entering our thoughts with counselling guiding us to reflect on our flawed behaviour calculated to harm us, when facing those days when our life appears to deliver more troubles than we can cope with.
We cannot be happy if we expect to live all the time at the highest peak of intensity.
Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony. ~ Thomas Merton
The meaning of Socrates’ reflections in his wise words “all I know is that I know nothing” consists of two paradoxical realities.
First, Socrates doubted his own wisdom’s superiority over other people’s wisdom.
Secondly, Socrates knew he could never doubt the wisdom of God pouring through his thoughts,
reminding him that wisdom grows out of his acceptance that he had much to learn by remaining humble.
6 But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but shows favour to the humble.” ~ James 4
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