At first, learning humility seemed like shrinking myself, but really it was more like getting honest with myself. It seeing myself without puffing up or tearing down. How often do you look in the mirror and say, “you are just right exactly as you are”? I tend to hold myself to impossible standards, trying to prove my worth. But to who? High standards can quietly set me up for failure. The very ego and fear that cause me to expect more from myself than is possible, are the same ego and fear that wait for me when I don’t meet those standards. Humility helps me accept me, without denial or distortion.
Steps 6 and 7 of my sobriety program show me how let go of theses defects of character that sabotage my peace. Sobriety taught me to focus on today, and I’ve carried that into stroke recovery by asking, “What can I do today?” Instead of seeing humility as lowering the bar, I’m laying down the burden of needing to leap over it flawlessly.
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