- Growing up Christian, you learn to be humble. You learn to not think too much of yourself 'cause 1) you're not God, 2) your days are finite, and 3) you're no better than your neighbor. As a performer, I hear a lot of praise, (after I walk off stage or when I'm on set), and I've had to do a lot of soul-searching about how to embrace humility in an industry that exalts people and itself. This is what I've learned:
I've learned that humility
isn't about not thinking too much of yourself, or thinking less of yourself.
Humility is about understanding who God created you to be, and being
secure in that, and it's about being secure with what you are not.
It is about understanding that your identity doesn't come from what you
do, while also understanding what you're absolutely amazing at and sharing it
with the world—not because you need people’s approval or have a narcissistic
need to share, but because to hide it would be selfish; it would be denying the
world of the gift that God gave you to share.
Humility is practicing
until you put in your 10,000 hours and practicing some more because you
recognize that you can always get better. Alternately, humility is choosing
to not practice sometimes because your grandma needs a ride to the store,
because rest is the yang of work, or because you understand that your gift(s)
to the world is only a small part of the reason for your existence.
Today, I stand and walk in
humility. I thank God that I am incredibly smart, delightfully funny, and
creatively thoughtful.
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