Humility means not taking ourselves...
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Humility means not taking ourselves too seriously. "If you were to lose your husband," the insurance salesman asked the young housewife, "what would you get?" She thought a moment and said with a smile, "A parakeet."
Then there was the husband who said to his wife, "Did you see that pretty girl smile at me?" His wife replied, "That's nothing, the first time I saw you, I laughed out loud."
Great men and women always see themselves in proper perspective. Charles Spurgeon once said humility is to make a right estimate of oneself.
There was a man who went to the Trappist monastery near Bardstown, Kentucky, to visit the famous monk and writer, Thomas Merton. When the man entered the main hall, he was greeted be a man he took to be the caretaker. They entered into a lively and enjoyable conversation. When the caretaker had left, the abbot came in and greeted the visitor, asking him what he could do for him. "I would like to meet Thomas Merton," he said. The abbot smiled, "You just did!" Merton had been a caretaker of humility. Are you?
Then there was the husband who said to his wife, "Did you see that pretty girl smile at me?" His wife replied, "That's nothing, the first time I saw you, I laughed out loud."
Great men and women always see themselves in proper perspective. Charles Spurgeon once said humility is to make a right estimate of oneself.
There was a man who went to the Trappist monastery near Bardstown, Kentucky, to visit the famous monk and writer, Thomas Merton. When the man entered the main hall, he was greeted be a man he took to be the caretaker. They entered into a lively and enjoyable conversation. When the caretaker had left, the abbot came in and greeted the visitor, asking him what he could do for him. "I would like to meet Thomas Merton," he said. The abbot smiled, "You just did!" Merton had been a caretaker of humility. Are you?
