Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Grounded



The word humility comes from the Latin, humus, which means ground.

Sometimes when we speak of humility, we confuse it with a shame-based humiliation. At its roots, it is not. It is not poor self-esteem or shyness.

Humility is like taking off your shoes and walking on the earth. It is feeling the softness of the grass as well as the sharpness of the burrs. It is receiving the welcome of soft dirt, wet mud, and the hardness of stones.

Humility is awareness, deep awareness, of connection to the earth in its dying and rising, in its refuse and renewal, in its limits as well as its freedom.

To be humble is to be grounded.

                                                                                                                                    
Kari Reiquam
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