The
Seventeen Evidences of a Lack of Humility
~~ From the
Writings of Bl. Josemaria Escriva
1. To think that
what one says or does is better than what others say or do
2. To always want
to get your own way
3. To argue with
stubbornness and bad manners whether you are right or wrong
4. To give your
opinion when it has not been requested or when charity does not
demand it
5. To look down
on another's point of view
6. Not to look on
your gifts and abilities as borrowed
7. Not to
recognize that you are unworthy of all honors and esteem, not
even of the earth you walk on and things you possess
8. To use
yourself as an example in conversations
9. To speak badly
of yourself so that others will think well of you or contradict
you
10. To excuse
yourself when you are corrected
11. To hide
humiliating faults from your spiritual director, so that he will
not change the impression he has of you
12. To take
pleasure in praise and compliments
13. To be
saddened because others are held in higher esteem
14. To refuse to
perform inferior tasks
15. To seek to
stand out
16. To refer in
conversation to your honesty, genius, dexterity, or professional
prestige
17. To be ashamed
because you lack certain goods
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