Few of us aspire to be humble. I've been studying the subject of humility vs pride and went back to one of my favorite authors. C. S. Lewis has some gems to share on the subject in his essay The Great Sin.
C.S. Lewis wrote that ”if you ever met a truly humble person all you will think about him is that he seemed a cheerful, intelligent chap who took a real interest in you and in what you said to him. If you do dislike him it will be because you feel a little envious of anyone who seems to enjoy life so easily. He will not be thinking about humility. He will not be thinking about himself at all.”
Lewis says that if you want to overcome pride and really be humble, you have to get in touch with God. “ If you really get into any kind of touch with Him you will, in fact, be humble – delightedly humble, feeling the infinite relief of having for once got rid of all the silly nonsense about your own dignity which has made you restless and unhappy all your life. He is trying to make you humble in order to make this moment possible; trying to take off a lot of silly, ugly, fancy-dress in which we have all got ourselves up and strutting about like the little idiots we are."
Chuck
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