Humility is often seen as a weakness. But this is a misunderstanding – humility a sign of greatness is.
“The effective worm bends”
If a political party or a single politician has lost an election, you can experience that someone steps in front of the audience and he proclaimed: We accept the defeat humbly. This is a bitter tribute to the voters who have voted, as hoped for by the party or the politicians. The humility to the game is brought up, sounds like a pious acceptance of what is to happen now unfortunately. Friedrich Nietzsche decreed: “The entered worm bends. So it is wise. He thus reduces the probability to be Again entered. In the language of morality: humility.“ In these policy Statements, Nietzsche has thus undoubtedly right. However, with humility such appearances have little to do. They are merely the expression of disappointment, and the reluctant recognition of the election result. Who speaks in this Situation of humility, has no Alternative. He can’t change the result of this. Be humble, just someone who has to make a choice between humility and pride, humility and Pride, humility and realism can. Who has not this election, perhaps disappointed, hurt, or he feels that his Would be lowered. Humble he is. He has even corrupted the word humility. He confirmed the view of many, that humility is equated with weakness, obedience, and flattery. All of this has to do with humility in the Slightest.
A Knee Case
Humility is the voluntary renunciation of one’s own size. This size is not waning, but it takes a back for this one case. In another Situation, you can show the size. Humility is, therefore, a trait of the Great and Powerful, of those who feel secure in their own skin. Something else, the relationship to one or more people, for example, or the response to the conditions of reality. is more important to you than the Demonstration of their own strength: In a race with the small child of the father shows that he can run much faster. He will not let the child win, in order to embitter him: the joy of the race. Humility of the spouse, the back takes, the marriage will not be damaged by bossiness shows. Humility showed Willy Brandt, as he falls in 1970 before the monument to the Jewish Ghetto uprising of 1943 on the knee. It is a sign of the consternation is; a gesture with which he asks on behalf of his country for forgiveness for the crimes of the Germans in the Second world war. Thus, the Nobel peace prize winner, demonstrated a humility before the Victims, not to the Strong. By this humility practiced, proved himself as a Strong, without, however, in the sense had. The Humble forget themselves and its size for a different, even Bigger. Here it was asking for forgiveness. Strength of humility is.
The danger of humility
However, the Humble is in a danger. The is in he a short Jewish history. A Rabbi is asleep. His students stand around him and prices its features. One assumes he was shod in the Holy Scriptures. Another boasts of his teaching skills. A third adds, he could tell good jokes. As the Rabbi opens one eye and says: “children, don’t forget my humility!” A Swabian saying this is even more drastic. As a devout man says to another: “In humility no one can teach me something.” The humility turns into a Pride that can only be called arrogance or hubris. That is why Martin Luther says: “True humility, completely forgetting that she is humble!” And this is not weak, but incredibly difficult.
About The Author:
Pastor Diederich Lüken, 1952 in Veenhusen/Ostfriesland born, studied theology in Münster, Reutlingen, Tübingen, and Marburg. His professional career took him to eat, Bebra, Velbert, Stuttgart-Weilimdorf (broadcasting the work of the Evangelical-Methodist Church) and Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt.