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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids are attending Catholic school and focusing on different virtues.  They are talking about humility right now.  I love hearing their thoughts and ideas on how they are thinking about their own strengths and weaknesses and appreciating the strengths of their classmates.  
I’m working on incorporating this more into my own adult life, and I’m wondering how other people think about it.  [/quote]

Thank you for this provocative question OP

Here are some ways that I am reminded of the need for humility

- respecting all life as divinely valuable

- Practicing the Golden Rule / not using other people as means to serve my desired ends

- Forgiving those who hurt me

- Forgiving myself while trying to do better

- Being aware that most of life is outside my control but striving to be responsible, engaged and kind in whatever small ways I can

- being open to the wisdom of others and other faith traditions

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I really like your list.  Some of these are easier for me than others!

I struggle with jealousy sometimes, and sometimes this feeling of lost potential.  Like I ought to be doing more or be more important somehow but I’m not because of some kind of flaw in myself or because other people are keeping me from it.

I think about this in my kids too.  I see sometimes that instead of joyfully engaging in their work and sports, they are straining to be something that they aren’t in order to be seen as successful or somehow “better” than other kids.  I know that I have instilled some of this in them.  It’s a struggle sometimes for me to remember what’s really important in life and to make sure that I convey that to my kids, especially as they are starting high school and feeling that competition more.

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