Humility is my favorite character trait in a person. And to
be honest, I am not even sure how one gets to a place where humility exudes
from them. But there is something very refreshing about a person who can be in
the middle of a discussion and say, “Eh, but I could be wrong.” At that very
moment instead of thinking I have them right where I want them and it is time
to go in for the kill I think, “Well, if you are wrong then maybe I am too.
Maybe we are both wrong? Maybe the answers we are looking for are wrong because
we are discussing the wrong question.” But on the other hand this humility is
the very same thing that leads one to be confident. When the very same person
that admits, one time, that they could be wrong looks at you and says that they
have put a lot of thought into a matter and are positive that they are on the right
side makes you think. Perhaps, I am wrong again. Perhaps this person has a
perspective I have never seen. Perhaps I am the one that needs to change.
In this day in age we are constantly talking about the
problems we are facing, the economy, homosexual rights, racism, women’s rights.
And on every front we are discussing the changes that need to be made to make
everything right in the world. If we can just fix the economy and have plenty
of money, if we can just let gay people get married then everything will be
right in the world, yes? Overnight, we have fixed everything. The changes that
had to be made in the world were made quickly and swiftly and to top it off I
was right all along. I told you exactly what we needed to do and here it is.
These were the solutions to the world’s problems. Except, no. Once these
problems are fixed we will be presented with a whole different set of problems
that will be threatening our way of life. These problems will crash upon us,
ready to tell us that we were wrong all along, again. So we enter into more
discussions with more solutions that will be ready to change the world. And all
along problems keep on popping up, threatening our lives and we keep on
changing the world around us to make things better and we are caught in a never
ending cycle of fear and triumph. And all along one thing has stayed
consistent. We have.