The Gravity of Humility

Hello!  It's your mid-week boost!

I recently ran across this phrase in a book I am reading, and it was too good not to share!

There's something attractive about folks who believe they could be wrong.

Maybe read that again?!

There's something attractive about folks who believe they could be wrong.

Part of what stood out to me in this was seeing the contrast to it in so many places in our world right now.  It feels like everywhere I look there are people who believe they can't be wrong. Which is immediately followed up with them declaring why everyone who doesn't agree with them is completely wrong! 

What a limiting merry-go-round of claim, point, & blame.  Claim to be totally right. Point out how anyone else who has a different opinion is totally wrong. Blame anyone not in agreement with me for making a mess of everything.  This absolutism in our thinking doesn't seem to be getting us anywhere productive!

But then I think about this phrase and some of the people I know who are quick to embrace a posture of humility and say, "I could be wrong about this!"  They have a growth mindset and an approach to life that is open and wanting to learn.  They look forward to discovering how they may be able to continue to grow and develop. They are often very quick to listen and slow to speak. They make room for others and can even create enough space where we can agree to disagree and still be in an honoring relationship with each other. 

This is what makes them so attractive - their humility and openness toward others, and when I am with someone like this, it's like gravity that continues to draw me in!  There is a Gravity to their Humility. 

Because I have encountered people like this, it actually makes me want to join them in that Gravity of Humility. Their way of being open and willing to learn helps to foster those characteristics in me. I am drawn away from my own tendency to jump to judgement, and instead embrace a posture of growth, working to open up space for others and their perspectives too.  

Do you know people who have this Gravity of Humility? What's it like to be around them, and what kind of an impact do they have on you? In what ways could you move toward greater openness, growth and learning in your own life, and how might that Humility create a sense of Gravity for others around you too?

Here's to cultivating the Gravity of Humility in our lives this week!

Be Well,

Stephen

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