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In considering humility, we have to recognize the fact that the human being is not the end-all of reality. There is at least one other who is greater. Thus, we recognize, because of our humility, that this other is the one we call God. True humility recognizes the "greaterness" of God, in fact, his "greatestness"! This, in turn, opens us to recognizing that we are inferior to this greatness. We understand that we are a mere creature: mere, not in the sense of nothing, of no vaue whatever, but rather in the comparative sense that we see our relationship to God as one of subordination and dependence.
We are not supreme in any way. We are indebted to God for our very existence and we come to see that we are, therefore, utterly indebted to God for this gift of existence.

Were we devoid of true humility, it would not be long before we resented God and his glory. We would obstinately refuse to admit the essential creature-to-creator status that characterizises us. Such a refusal, which is reminiscent of Lucifer's attitude, would place us in a position of antipathy to the one greatest good, namely, to God himself. Humility, on the other hand, enables us to be "relative" in our relationship to God, for we see where we stand, so to speak, on the ladder of reality, and that we are not at the top of that ladder. We are content, as humble people, to recognize our dependence on God and his superiority.

This in turn, makes us also realize that we are not supreme even when it comes to other creatures. In fact, it would be close to impossible to know what our actual comparability is with others. It would be a presumption on our part to take for granted that we are superior to anyone. There might be areas which would demonstrate clearly to anyone that we have a superiority over another, but not a "supreme superiority"...e.g., we might skate better than another, or sing better, etc., but this would not mean we are totally better. Human beings, if truly humble, recognize that no human is the "supreme human" in a sense similiar to God's being the supreme reality, supreme over all other realities whatever.

Humility is part of goodness, for we do not desire to "confiscate" or appropriate to ourselves a reality that is not ours. We do not, in childish fashion, stamp our feet and insist on something that is simply not true. We are content to "rest" in our submission to God, for example, to recognize his glory, and to be whatever and wherever we are on the ladder of existence. This is not something depressive, but rather, encouraging, for we thereby recognize our situation in existence and we are thus in conformity with reality. Being realistic is indispensable for healthy living, and therefore for attaining true goodness.