>>12231265Humility is the Antithesis of pride.
Pride is diminished when you understand that you had no say in anything before your birth. You did not choose your sex. You did not choose the country you'd be born in. You did not choose the colour of your skin, what family you'd be born to, or where you would come into the world. You did not choose when to start and stop growing. You did not choose the features of your face and person, or whether or not you would be attractive. You chose NOTHING for yourself. And you chose NOTHING about yourself. Truly, you would not be able to walk to your mailbox to get your mail were it not for the legs you were GIVEN.
There are children born paraplegic all the time. Why should YOU have the working legs? And neither one of you (yourself OR the paraplegic) chose this outcome. It was all chosen for you. Pride is FOOLISHNESS to a man of understanding and TRUE wisdom. Pride is not wisdom; It is foolishness. And those who have an abundance of pride are therefore abundantly foolish. You chose nothing, and you are nothing. Man is clay, born of the dust.