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I just went to Google Blogs and did a search for "Controlled Disorder." I found myself. It was cool.
I was very proud for a few seconds, until I realized that no one is ever going to do a search for such a random thing. After pondering this fact, I also realized that even if someone does find my blog, most likely he is going to immediately click the "back" button in his internet browser. So I am humble again.
Well, not really. To be humble is kind of hard (what an understatement). To be humble, I have to pretty much not think about myself at all. This means that if I think of myself even in derogatory terms (something I would never do), then I am still not humble. In fact, it's just as arrogant to think of myself as stupid as it is to think of myself as the smartest genius in the universe. This is simply because I am thinking about myself.
Arrogance is self-obsession. So to be obsessed with my supposed stupidity is to be arrogant.
So don't be arrogant. Think about someone else. Like me.
...circling around in circular circles...
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- I call myself me. You can't call me that, though, because then I'd think you were talking about yourself. This is the state of disarray the English language has fallen into.
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3 comments:
That sounded so different than what I've learned about humility so I looked it up in the dictionary. Humility is the act or state of being humble. And when I looked up humble it said a bunch of stuff. I guess you could say that having a feeling of insignificance would fit not thinking about yourself, but there's still a feeling that relates back to yourself.
So I'm curious. Where did you learn about humility? And don't just say, "I've always known it." ;-)
As Christians, we are to be humble. Look up "humble" in a concordance, and there will be numerous references to God instructing a person to be that way. It seems to me (and others may see it differently) that it is better to lose ourselves entirely in God than to constantly be thinking "I'm not very good."
So really, my definition has nothing to do with the English language, which I hold in low regard anyway. Especially now that "random" is so commonly used.
Obama is quoted as saying, "I face this challenge with profound humility and knowledge of my own limitations." See, if you have to point out your humility, it isn't very!
And no, I still haven't decided for whom I'm voting, but that's a whole 'nother story...
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