You are extremely observant, and can stay pretty focused when you need to. Your uniquely dedicated and determined nature drives you forward whenever you set out to do anything. This quality is likely to take you places, as you tend to see the things that others don’t.
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The Outer Man is perishing but the Inward Man is being renewed day by day. That is if we do not lose heart. I am at the advance stages of Diabetes right now. The doctor prescribed me metformin 500mg daily. I really do not know how long this will last. I am perishing outwardly to the disease.
Next, I do not have any groups anymore. The group that I have right now has fully understand all of my heart and soul that I have committed to the group. This means that I am going to die from Diabetes Full Blown Type 2. This is serious to me and everyone else who is suffering right now.
Further, I have been suffering from Diabetes and glaucoma. My memory is leaving me right now. My family members are in active addiction right now. I cannot change them. My whole body hurts very bad.
Moreover, for those people who have decided to leave, they didn’t like me anyway. Just like the people who live in my apartment building right now. They didn’t like me in the beginning. I am being a victim of backbiting and slander as we speak. These same people who I have giving them money to stay afloat.
In Addition, my own family members are saying that I have been talking to computer hackers and scammers on a daily basis. I no longer talk to anyone online anymore. The only thing I do is write my essays and statements. Whenever I am done with you it’s official. There is no coming back to you. I am done with fake and phoney people. If you love me, you would not stab me in my back.
Also, if I die please keep away from me and my funeral. I have been keeping it real with all of you. Even though I have been acting like a dope fiend by only washing my clothes and body when I get ready. I have been taking a bath each week for a total of 29 years now. That’s how long I have been messed up in my body and soul right now.
Finally, I have to stay home in Dayton, Ohio until I completely die. I don’t have any of my bills paid for right now. My total debt is$150,000 dollars to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the North Carolina Department of Revenue. I love myself. I have too many health ailments right now. I’m in the early stages of Alzheimer’s right now. My own family members do not know it. I’m in a lot of pain every day of the week. My bones crack and pop daily.
In Conclusion, I will have to go to the hospital each month for treatment for diabetes and Alzheimer’s right now. Where is my real support right now? It never existed in my life right now. I have been here since 2010 and I am perishing outwardly as we speak. Paul was right about your Outer Man is perishing but inwardly we are being renewed day by day. This is a fact of life. If you really love me, you know where I live at for the past almost 14 years now. God Bless You 🙏🙏🙏. Keep Your Head Up.
Leviticus 17:16 says But if he does not wash his clothes or wash himself, then he shall bear his iniquity. This is exactly what I have been going through for the past 29 years now. I have neglected myself for a long time now. This means I have only taken care of myself only once a week. I have allowed Satan to have the victory over me.
Next, I have taken myself through a major depression. This means I have forsaken myself and no one else. When my oldest grandmother passed away, I have took her death harderthan anyone else. I did not take A bath only one time weekly.
Further, I only brushed my teeth on a weekly basis. Therefore, I deprived myself out of a lot of things. I have to stop allowing Satan to reign over me. Although I don’t drink alcohol and smoke marijuana anymore, but I still have a dope fiend mentality. I have not been taking care of my apartment and ADLs.
Moreover, I didn’t do anything but hurt myself by bearing all of the guilt from my past. My family members are not like me. I’m still living a fiend mentality and lifestyle. Today is the first time I’ve taken a bath in over a week. I am very sorry for hurting myself and others who are in my life.
In Addition, I am still suffering from clinical depression right now. My treatment for Schizoid Affective Disorder and Schizophrenia is not working for me. If this doesn’t improve, I will have to allow the Police to check me in to the hospital for personal reasons. I am very sorry for letting people think that I am getting better but I am getting worse by the day.
Also, I am too depressed to do anything for myself right now. The only thing I have been doing is staying clean and sober. I have a positive attitude about life right now. My family members are angry with me because I have been talking to computer hackers and scammers.
Finally, I have to start reading God’s Word out loud and pray without ceasing. I need to get involved in church activities and make weekly appointments with my Pastor all of the time and my therapist and psychiatrist all of the time. Please keep me in your prayers and thoughts because I am suffering from Diabetes Full Blown Type 2 right now. I am crying out loud for real help. I have been bearing my guilt and transgressions for years now. I’m very sick physically, mentally, psychologically, and spiritually sick. I have to have someone to come over and tell me what to do inside of my apartment building right now.
In Conclusion, I have to have someone to please talk to me because I am actually acting like a child that needs God’s Help. All of this is my fault alone.
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How are all of you doing today or tonight? Anyway, I would like to wish all of you a Happy 2024. I know that I said last year that I need a new environment. I cannot do anything without Jesus Christ and money. One thing I can do is keep it real and maintain a positive attitude for the New Year.
Next, I need to spend more time at church and AA Meetings. I live in Dayton, Ohio and this City might be small, but it is Rich in Spirit. I will admit that I need a good decent job. I have 33 years clean and sober. I can help others who are in addiction by introducing everyone to this Fellowship.
Further, I am suffering from Diabetes Full Blown Type 2. I am in need of prayers and thoughts for this new year. My family members have been smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol on a daily basis. Every time I try to talk to each one of them about the problem, it is getting worse. It only reminds me of my old self and I am dealing with second hand smoke from marijuana and cigarettes that are inside of my apartment building right now. These people need AA Meetings and NA meeting right now.
Finally, I have to stay busy and active in my community. I have to help myself first and foremost. I need to listen to Jesus Christ more in my life right now. My family members and environment are a major problem. I am sharing life on life terms stuff right now. I am keeping it real with all of you. My family members and the people who live inside of my apartment building do not care about themselves. Thank you for allowing me to share. God Bless You All!!
Sincerely,
Anthony Joseph Hopkins and I am still a grateful recovering alcoholic from Dayton Ohio. I am living in the solution rather than the problem.
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You Passed! You have an amazing memory and vocabulary!
Amazing! You fit into 3% of the population that can get a perfect score on this test! (And it’s not easy). You have a sharp memory and a brilliant talent for words. You are a keen academic and love reading and learning new things. You are excellent with people because you remember every person you meet and the stories that come along with them. You’re intelligent, but also creative. With such a sponge for a brain and such an articulate mind, you will go far!
You aced it!! You are highly perceptive, and you have unique observation skills.
You aced it!! You are highly perceptive, and you have unique observation skills. People who scored as high as you did are drawn to fields where creativity and inventiveness are required. You are original, and you appreciate beauty, affection, and mindfulness. Your perceptiveness makes you look for hidden patterns and seek meanings in everyday life. You are most likely an introvert. Share the news with the world.
Psalm 139:16 says: You Saw my substance being yet informed. In Your Book they all were written, the days fashioned for me when as yet there were none of them. Lord God, You knew me before I was formed. You knew me as well as how long that I was going to live because it is recorded inside of Your Book of Life.
Jeremiah’s 10:23 says: O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man, who walks to direct his own steps. A man’s actions and steps are ordered by God. A man cannot plan his own way. It is up to God to help man out all of the time. A man has to listen and learn from God.
But humility has nothing to do with meekness or weakness. And neither does it mean being self-effacing or submissive. Humility is an attitude of spiritual modesty that comes from understanding our place in the larger order of things. It entails not taking our desires, successes, or failings too seriously.
In the past decade in particular, psychologists have rediscovered the importance of humility. They have established fascinating links between humility and our ability to learn and be effective leaders, and our readiness to engage in prosocial behavior.
Adopting a more humble mindset increases our overall psychological wellbeing and ensures our social functioning. Last but not least, humility is a perfect antidote to the self-fixated spirit of our age.
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Humility is a core value in many ancient ethical and theological frameworks. The Confucian form of humility, for example, is profoundly other oriented in spirit, consistently valuing the social good over the satisfaction of our individual aspirations. In this ancient Chinese form, humility can significantly enhance social cohesion and our sense of belonging.
The Greek philosopher Socrates held that wisdom is, above all, knowing what we don’t know. He taught an intellectual form of humility that freely acknowledges the gaps in our knowledge and that humbly seeks to address our blind spots.
Aristotle understood humility as a moral virtue, sandwiched between the vices of arrogance and moral weakness. Like Socrates, he believed that humility must include accurate self-knowledge and a generous acknowledgment of the qualities of others that avoids distortion and extremes.
Christian humility is linked to self-abnegation, shame, and sin and may therefore not be to everyone’s taste. However, the ancient theologians can still help us to avoid arrogance and pretentiousness. They remind us that we are members of a species that is far from perfect and urge us to be mindful of the limited role we each have to play in the fate of humanity as a whole.
Through the centuries, the importance of humility as a moral character virtue has faded. However, psychological studies of humility have surged in the last two decades (Worthington, Davis, & Hook, 2017). This renewed interest in humility is, in no small part, a counter-reaction to what the authors of The Narcissism Epidemic, Jean Twenge and W. Keith Campbell (2009), have described as our “age of entitlement.”
Today, self-realization and enhancing our self-worth are our highest aspirations. Precisely because it provides an antidote to many worrying tendencies of our age, such as arrogance, greed, and self-centeredness (all of which also have devastating consequences for our democracies and our planet), humility is experiencing a much-needed revival.
What Is Humility in Psychology?
We can understand humility not just as a virtue but also as a psychological trait. At a basic level, humility relates to the degree to which we value and promote our interests above others.
Capturing our other-orientation, it is closely related to modesty and fairness, but also our interest in wealth and other signs of status and our inclination toward self-promotion. Crucially, it also involves seeing ourselves accurately – not thinking of ourselves more highly (or, for that matter, lowly) than is appropriate.
Worthington et al. (2017) understand humility as made up of three parts:
Accurate self-perception
Modest self-portrayal
Other-oriented relational stance
They note that the recent growth in humility-focused studies coincides with the rise of positive psychology and frustration with the limitations of purely individualistic virtues. Alongside compassion, forgiveness, altruism, gratitude, and empathy, humility belongs to “a cluster of virtues that bind society together” (Worthington et al., 2017).
Worthington et al. (2017) further divide humility into general humility and more specific kinds of humility. These include intellectual humility, relating to an openness about our views, beliefs, and opinions; and cultural humility, an ability to acknowledge and learn from the achievements of other cultures (Hazlett, 2012; Davis et al., 2015).
Other sub-types of humility are political and spiritual humility.
While other-orientedness is a core interpersonal feature of humility, Tangney (2009) has identified six intrapersonal aspects of humility:
A willingness to see ourselves truthfully
An accurate perception of our place in the world
An ability to acknowledge our mistakes and limitations
Openness
Low self-focus
An appreciation of the value of all things
Hill and Laney (2016), finally, understand humility as involving a quiet ego (see also Kesebir, 2014).
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Humility as a Character Strength
We can also understand humility as a character strength. As such, it is an essential component of moral character that is manifested in modesty, being empathetic, acknowledging and respecting others at a deeper level, and accurately understanding as well as owning our limitations (Harvey & Pauwels, 2004).
As a character strength, humility can be viewed as the opposite of pride, arrogance, and an inflated sense of our importance and talents. It is based on a fundamentally caring and compassionate attitude toward others.
Finally, we may also think of humility as a specific mindset. After all, it is a crucial aspect of what Carol Dweck (2006) has described as the “growth mindset.”
In Dweck’s framework, humility entails not just admitting our shortcomings, but actively seeking to overcome them. It is about a general readiness to learn best practices from others and learn from our failures (see also Syed, 2015).
Humility is, therefore, intricately related to learning and teachability – a way of being that embraces constant self-correction and self-improvement.
Why Is Humility Important?
The more humble among us possess a large number of advantages (Robson, 2020).
A humble mindset has significant positive effects on our cognitive, interpersonal, and decision-making skills. Humility is directly related to our ability and willingness to learn. Humble people are better learners and problem solvers.
Humble students who are genuinely open to feedback often overtake their naturally more talented peers who think so highly of their own abilities that they reject all advice. Some studies have found that humility is more important as a predictive performance indicator than IQ (Owens, Johnson, & Mitchell, 2013; Krumrei-Manusco, Haggard, LaBouff, & Rowatt, 2019).
Humility in our leaders, moreover, fosters trust, engagement, creative strategic thinking, and generally boosts performance (Rego et al., 2017; Ou, Waldman, & Peterson, 2020; Cojuharenco & Karelaia, 2020). Humility is also related to a general increase in positive emotions. Moreover, humility fosters self-forgiveness (Onody et al., 2020).
Besides, there are indications that humility strengthens various social functions and bonds. As a consequence of experiencing less stress and fewer negative experiences with others, humility might be related not just to better mental health, but also better physical health (Worthington et al., 2017, p. 7).
Last but not least, a lack of cultural humility is associated with xenophobia, the fear and hatred of foreigners. Humility, by contrast, is associated with xenophilia, an attraction to foreign cultures.
Those of us who lack cultural humility are more prone to make assumptions about others, feel superior to them, and dramatically overvalue our knowledge and talents in comparison to others (Hook, Davis, Owen, Worthington, & Utsey, 2013; Barbarino & Stürmer, 2016).
5 Real-Life Examples
A famous trio of truly humble people are Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and Mother Teresa. All of them heroically dedicated their energies and time to serving their ideals and tirelessly working to improve the living conditions for other people.
Yet they remained modest and unpretentious about their astounding achievements and never tied them to their own personalities. They humbly served not their egos, but instead a greater external cause.
The child of affluent parents, Salt stands in stark contrast to the story’s protagonist, believing she is without fault and entitled to anything she wants. This lack of humility comes at a price when she is whisked away down a garbage chute that judges her to be a “bad egg.”
Another example is Joffrey Baratheon from Game of Thrones. The character of Joffrey is known for his narcissistic entitlement, vastly inflated sense of his talents, and desire to dominate–all traits negatively correlated with humility (Worthington et al., 2017, p. 7).
Joffrey shows little sympathy or concern for other characters throughout the story, including his own wife, Sansa, whom he treats with severe cruelty. It is little wonder audiences around the world celebrated when he was poisoned and died in Season 4, putting an end to his reign of tyranny.
Then we must own our imperfections. When we do, we no longer have to waste our energy hiding them from others, but can instead seek to learn to live with them productively or even to overcome them.
Paradoxically, a stubbornly low opinion of ourselves is also in contradiction to a humble view of ourselves. Extremely low self-esteem, just as a narcissistic overvaluation of our talents, lacks accuracy. It is just an inverted form of self-obsession, another way of fixating on ourselves rather than directing our attention toward others.
Although we are the subject in our world, we must remember that we are an object in everybody else’s. We are not the center of the universe. This includes adjusting our perspective. Our woes and desires become ever more insignificant the more we step back from them and consider the bigger picture. Our time on this planet is limited. Our works and achievements are transient.
We are all parts of structures that are larger than ourselves – couples, families, communities, nations, the organizations for which we work, the human species. We should never forget the many teams of which we are a part – small and large. Sometimes, it is apt to privilege the needs of our teams over our individual desires.
We must stay curious and open to learning. We can learn from anyone and everything at all times. We can learn from friends and family, our children, and people who master specific skills.
We have much to learn from other cultures and our ancestors. We can learn precious lessons from animals and even plants.
Humor is a powerful tool. We can all benefit from laughing more about ourselves and our imperfections.
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