Life will humble You!
My boss had invited me for breakfast at her home, and as we ate her perfectly made omelette with feta cheese, I discussed with her how I navigated the world and the role power played in it.
My boss had invited me for breakfast at her home, and as we ate her perfectly made omelette with feta cheese, I discussed with her how I navigated the world and the role power played in it.
She smiled and said 'Don't worry life will humble you', and without thinking I replied - I can't wait.
As I left her home, I couldn't get it out of my mind - Life will humble you- I mean, it's a popular phrase and we all know what it means -
As I left her home, I couldn't get it out of my mind - Life will humble you- I mean, it's a popular phrase and we all know what it means -
but I pondered what could life throw at me to humble me.
Could it be more pain? Hurt? Shame? An experience that crushes my ego or a heart break that leaves me broken without recognition?
Could it be more pain? Hurt? Shame? An experience that crushes my ego or a heart break that leaves me broken without recognition?
Maybe it was my ego in defence mode refusing to see what could humble me but it just wouldn't get out of my head.
I got into the shower and the reflections continued - there's sth therapeutic about hot water running through your body. As I stilled my mind, the answer came to me.
I got into the shower and the reflections continued - there's sth therapeutic about hot water running through your body. As I stilled my mind, the answer came to me.
It is Love that will humble me. It couldn't be hurt because I have an intimate relationship with pain.
It just hit me that as pain humbles us, so does love.
It just hit me that as pain humbles us, so does love.
There's a restorative power in love that we gloss over because we have been told that the world will always serve us pain and hurt, so we need power to counter them.
I disagree!
The qualities associated with love - kindness, compassion, gentleness, honesty, consideration and humility - all possess a restorative power that counters the pain life serves us.
The qualities associated with love - kindness, compassion, gentleness, honesty, consideration and humility - all possess a restorative power that counters the pain life serves us.
They allow us to escape the trap of the ego, the grandiose sense of self and the fantasies of revenge.
We are no different from the child who grew up in dysfunction and acts out just to be noticed, cared for and loved.
We are no different from the child who grew up in dysfunction and acts out just to be noticed, cared for and loved.
I am nervous but curious to see who I become when I'm humbled in life by love; the parts of me I had subdued to survive; the ability to love&receive love without skepticism; to get in the shower and my fantasies are not filled with scenarios that stroke my ego bt soothe my soul
I challenge you to look beyond pain as a tool that will humble you to your real self but embrace love and watch how your life is changed forever.
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