Humility is strength and a significant measure of the depth of your character. How does humility help you day to day? Well, let’s say that you are well known for your achievements and take advantage of every opportunity to let others know of your success. What do you think the majority thinks and feels about you? Are they happy for you? Are they pleased by your accomplishments? Do they want you to achieve even greater levels of success and accomplishment? Some may—your parents or grandparents for example—but many will actually hope for your demise, or at least your downfall. They will look forward to the day when they can exclaim, “Oh, how the mighty have fallen!” If you practice humility, you are less likely to be a target. Because you will be less well known, you will also likely have a more realistic self-view and feel at peace more often. Feeling at peace is an excellent outcome!

When our self-view becomes skewed and out of alignment, we can expend tremendous energy in pursuit of irrational goals and objectives—hypothesized by you on the basis of an erroneous perception of you. One can spend much emotional coin in states of frustration and despair as a result, and this just compounds the vicious circle1. Humility, on the other hand, creates and compounds benefits within a virtuous circle3. The choice is yours, as it always has been. The true warrior covets a low profile, likes to be in the background, tries to avoid the spotlight (within reason), and expresses gratitude for the rewards and accomplishments in his life.

You are warriors, and with true humility, you can be the hidden force behind the curtain … the strength and power kept in reserve. With true humility, you can exceed your wildest imaginings. So it has been written.