Humility
is simply the act of being humble in an ethical dimension. It means bringing
down yourself to be very “small” even when you are “big”. It is the total elimination of egoistical
status. An extreme form of humility is humiliation –making you feel low in a
very bad way. Humility is the opposite of pride (meekness and subdueness). A
good example is the story of Mother Teresa who was a teacher in an Indian
school. She gave up the comfort of the convent she was supposed to live and
stayed with the poorest people on the streets, including the sick and the dying
ones. These were people nobody cared about. She even helped with burial
arrangements of those that could not survive or recover.
In another breath, stupidity is a when you act without intelligence or reasoning. A stupid person can be called a moron, dumb, fool or idiot. Stupidity could be innate, extreme or temporary.
In another breath, stupidity is a when you act without intelligence or reasoning. A stupid person can be called a moron, dumb, fool or idiot. Stupidity could be innate, extreme or temporary.
Without
mincing words, we humans have always confused these two acts together. Stupidity comes in wears different patterns.
Painfully,
some people have made religion the scapegoat of their stupidity in guise of
humility. They seem to attach extreme spirituality to ordinary things. This is
the more reason why we keep having problems all around the word. Somebody would
tell you that Jesus said “if somebody slaps you on the right cheek, you give
him the other side to repeat the slap. Perhaps you forgot this statement was a
parable. You are a job seeker and you include in your CV that your hobby is
smoking and partying all night long. It sounds funny, but this is a case of
extreme stupidity. You are working in an organisation where you are being paid peanuts,
no leave allowance, no promotion, abuse of position, working from dawn to dusk,
no welfare package, sexual assault, no breaks, no Xmas bonus, salary delay, yet
you stay put and hope to raise a family, saying: Half-bread is better than
none” or “God’s time is the best”, yet you go to a corner and start lamenting.
You forget you are drawing closer to retirement age. Such a person would die of
diagnostic paralysis and poverty of the spirit. Why indulge in something that
doesn’t add value to your life? Why do you lack in the midst of plenty? You are
walking down the road with your girlfriend, carrying her bag and you justify
your action with the love-is-blind cliche. Don’t be surprised if she asks you
to wash her panties the next day. What an advertisement of ignorance! Such a
relationship would smoulder like an inferno.
Truth be said, we always find the right words o justify our stupidity. Why put yourself in great abjection? Why pamper pride in others? Why engage in unworthy flattery? Most of the so-called feeble-minded people turn out to be having pseudo-debility. All intellect will exhibit weakness when affective motives work in contrary. I call it CLEVER STUPIDITY. We think we are being humble, while displaying sheer stupidity. Humility should not be weakness. Being humble is not supposed to be denial of your rights, talents and gifts. You must stand for what you deserve and display self-worth. Stupidity will always try to cling unto humility that is why there is need to have good knowledge of The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity because a stupid person will always cause damage to himself with a psychological projection. A stupid man is the most dangerous man on earth. It takes a hard lesson and experience to gain modicum sanity; it like trying to pick medals from the jaws of the devil.
Truth be said, we always find the right words o justify our stupidity. Why put yourself in great abjection? Why pamper pride in others? Why engage in unworthy flattery? Most of the so-called feeble-minded people turn out to be having pseudo-debility. All intellect will exhibit weakness when affective motives work in contrary. I call it CLEVER STUPIDITY. We think we are being humble, while displaying sheer stupidity. Humility should not be weakness. Being humble is not supposed to be denial of your rights, talents and gifts. You must stand for what you deserve and display self-worth. Stupidity will always try to cling unto humility that is why there is need to have good knowledge of The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity because a stupid person will always cause damage to himself with a psychological projection. A stupid man is the most dangerous man on earth. It takes a hard lesson and experience to gain modicum sanity; it like trying to pick medals from the jaws of the devil.
In
saner climes, real acts of humility are: letting someone go ahead of you in a
BRT queue or at the ATM point, due to urgency and emergency; cleaning the
toilet of your hotel room, even you have cleaners at your beck and call; when a
footballer gives the ball to his team mate to score the goal, even when he
could score from his position; a good husband who assist his wife in the
kitchen or help change the baby’s wet diapers; when you credit your success to
the author of a book and etcetera.
Final
word: Humility will fetch you a crown, but stupidity will steal it from you.
BY: MIKEL AYODEJI FADEYI
BY: MIKEL AYODEJI FADEYI