What is true humility?

Question:How do you differentiate between someone who is truly humble vs. someone who is falsely humble?

What is true humility?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: How do you differentiate between someone who is truly humble vs. someone who is falsely humble?

What is true humility?

True humility is a lifestyle. False humility often has to draw attention to its actions... that's pride under cover. The truly humble are teachable and reachable. You can tell by the willingness to hear another's point of view, though they know in advance they would not agree, but they are humble enough to listen and give respect to the person. They rarely jump to conclusions, b/c they are willing to listen to several sides without taking sides. They prefer others instead of themselves. They don't have to be first, and yet, they are happy, even if they are last. They are content with themselves and often unaware of their humility. If someone were to point it out to them, they would be embarrassed, they hadn't noticed, and they don't like attention drawn to their way of doing things.
This is not to be confused with one who lets everyone walk all over them. That is a doormat. Truly humble people aren't lacking in self-esteem, they just let others be first. It makes them happy to put another ahead of themselves. it's not a deficient behavior to be truly humble. Letting everyone take advantage of you is.
Truly humble people don't expect a return. They do to get anything in return. They are helpers by nature and do, b/c they think someone needs the help and they are able to do it. They are the caretakers of life.

true humility is being "teachable"

no matter how "good/smart/excellent" one is

In my opinion, the humble one is willing to learn and admit imperfection and the falsely humble think they know it all and you can't tell them anything.
I like the idea of the "Humble" pin. As soon as you pin it on you have to take it off.

I would tell you but then you might think I was smarter than you and I would worry about that.

MAN is a GROWING REED, defferent from other things or livings.

not everyone regards humility as a virtue
http://www.meaning.ca/archives/president...

It's not thinking less of yourself, but LESS of yourself. As Jesus once said, "the greatest among you shall become servant of all." :)

some did as if he was humble, everybody believed he was humble, except himself. What is the difference between really being humble and doing humble? No one knows and sees the difference.

That's a great question!!

The source of true humility is wisdom...... the realization that the frame is much too bigger than whatever one can see or imagine..... it comes from an attitude to see beyond oneself rather than be limited by oneself.... the vision has to be broadened and that means the wisdom not to be bound by one's own bias and prejudices. Put the frog out of the well and humility would come naturally. We are indeed small and minuscule... all it needs is for us to open our mind to see, acknowledge and accept it. Someone posing humility would be exposed by the narrow and fixed minded approach... the intolerance towards a counter-view or deviation.

What do you in fact want to know or learn indeed----"True Humility"? Or the difference between 'Original' & 'fake' humility?
Well, at the end of your question, you mentioned again, what true humility is! So, either see the meaning of humility from dictionary (sorry, there you won't find something as TRUE HUMILITY") or better ask some seniors to get the details.
Come to your second asking: You've nothing to react against those 2 groups of humble persons, one is truly humble & the other is false. You get the humbleness from both types. Now think or realize whether you got the ture construction of hunmbleness (I mean are you happy with their being humble?) Then it's all right---why headache? Let them one true, another false. Well, when you'll face something wrong afterward, then it's time for you to blame the false one. You better know that of being HUMBLE is not a visible virtue.

human being is by the virtue of his mind being considered by himself the only undrestanding creature of the world and it makes him wonder and get a profound feeling of happiness and joy so unexplicable.
so the happier you are the more natural(closer to humanity you are)
wish you the bests
a boy from the land of ZARtosht...

Absolute humility would be non existence, for we could just as easily not exist. To be humble to this fact is to accept death with open arms.

Tru humility is to realize you are just an intrument, you are being breathed, and life works thru you.

Many mistake being humble with making themselves less than. A truly humble person accepts their strengths & warts! They don't downplay their assets, but also see clearly where they fall short without self condemnation. They will not speak to hear themselves talk, they know how to listen because they know they can learn from all. Yet, when the humble speak, most listen, they are without guile. They have no need to convince others being confident in what they do know & perceiving no threats from others. They don't have big ego's knowing that all real knowledge & truth comes thru them not from them.
Blessings!