June 19

HUMILITY MONTH: DAY 19: “It is a long journey, not just as a writer, but as a human being. Take nothing and no one for granted, be humble always, be kind especially when it’s difficult and never forget the place where you came from and the people that helped you get where you are. These things will live on in you and through you, long after the words have faded.” ― C.K. Webb

This is something I have on my desk, so I can see it often. Humility, for me, is about knowing who I am and who I am NOT. Mostly who I am NOT, because that keeps me indebted to the Universe and all the people who share this marble with me. I can see the hand of a superior intelligence gifting me with all the beauty and wonder of a planet that takes my breath away and people who are infinitely kind with their gifts of insight, wisdom, time, resources and love. I have been exposed to people who are so lovely that it makes me cry when I realize how much I want to emulate their kindness and generosity. Great teachers have been placed throughout my journeys in places and ways that are astonishing and miraculous and wonderful. Places I get to go and adventures I get to have are most often designed for my best learning and appreciation. I cannot create these things, they are gifts from a Power I often do not want to give credit to, and to whom I want to be in continuous thankfulness for. My heart is full to the brim with these things and I want to always keep my focus on that, not on those things that are not a part of my experience because they do not serve my life or my journey. Most of us have a tendency to focus on that and live in discomfort, sadness, anger and misery. When I shift my eyes to the bounty that is my good grace, I am astonished at how much there is! And how perfect it is for me and the path I am walking! And how little I do to deserve or earn or achieve any of it! I may not always have the words to use to describe or express the fullness of my heart, but I will never stop trying to live the gratitude and humility that I feel in the perfection of the unfolding of this life. I am so guilty of wanting it to look like other’s or to be something in a movie I might watch, but it is so far better than that, because it is Divinely inspired to fit Me and where I am going and who I am being and how I am living with this heart full of grace and love. Oh! I only want to remain in humble gratitude for all of it, even when it seems like there has been a big oops! in the Universe and certainly the package delivered to me is sent to the wrong address! And no matter how long I do this thing, the one sentence in this quote that is always going to take the most practice (for me) is to be kind when it is difficult. I am required to practice this more often than I (think) is necessary…and that means I am required to do more with that…and more, yet again. On we go!