Become Humble

In order to be humble, we need to understand what that means. We need to understand how to let go of our pride and reject the ego that holds us back from progressing. 

In order to be humble we need to realize certain facts about ourselves and our natural tendencies. Then we can begin to break down these weaknesses and start to turn them into strengths. 

So firstly, our nature is to be selfish. We always try to figure out how things can benefit us. By nature we will do this with food, clothing, houses, cars, jobs, friends, spouses, children, hobbies, education, etc. We seek to obtain these things for ourselves, and then only seek to give to others if it suits us. I am being serious here. Even in areas where we might be 'giving' it is not naturally done out of true selflessness. In a base natural form when we give time and attention to a spouse, it's often to gain something, be it affection, security, offspring, sex, etc. We show more love and affection to people who mean more to us. We love and give to our own children because they are a part of us. This is all part of natural law. However these acts are all selfish in their nature. 

Secondly we are fearful. We fear the loss of property, affection, security, wealth, etc. We fear change, we fear the unfamiliar. We fear embarrassment. We fear to loose our status in society. As a result of this fear we will fight to defend our position. This fear is motivated by the selfishness, the pride. 

So in order to be humble we must get rid of this pride. We tend to think that everything we are, everything we have accomplished, everything we have is of our own efforts and our own doing. So what can help humble us is a realization of our actual standing in the eternities. 

And realize you are going to need help to become humble. You are going to need to ask and pray for guidance, and when you are shown your weaknesses you need to overcome them. If you reject or ignore those areas you need to work on, you are only holding yourself back. The pride has to go.