Monday, September 20, 2021
What makes you admirable is your strength. Your strength is a realization, that this is the only life you have, and you can’t waste your time trying to fix everything you see as wrong with you. Actually, there’s nothing you need to do or to correct about who you are, fundamentally. It’s a fight that doesn’t exist. But that perceived deficiency is a feeling of weakness, not humility. Actually, humility is standing in the truth of who you are, and that’s a feeling of power – the power of acceptance.
Humility is a strange power. Yes, that’s right, a power. It’s a power that frees you from incorrect perceptions of yourself. It’s a power that helps you to reclaim your footing, to own your life, and to rest assured that you are who you were meant to be. No need to pity yourself, that only makes you feel weak. The strength of humility is through agreement. Agree with those who love you. Agree with those who admire you. Agree with those who think you’re awesome. When you can’t figure out why someone loves you, it’s because you perceive yourself as unloveable. But you are loved, not by your perceived weaknesses, but by just being you – there are no other qualifications or merits.
A humble person doesn’t fight who they are, or wonder why someone loves them. A humble person surrenders to who they are, so that they can truly give back to this world, and truly live the way they were meant to live. Life really begins at this juncture, when you let go of the notion that something’s wrong with you, and you gain the strength of accepting everything that makes you lovable and admirable. Start agreeing with those who look up to you. Accepting their compliments, absorbing their love, and honoring their respect is more powerful than insulting how they feel about you.