Appreciation is the opposite of humiliation. Humiliation involves an event that demonstrates unequal power in a relationship where you are in the inferior position and unjustly diminished. Oftn the painful experience is vividly remembered for a long time. Your vindictive passions are aroused and a humiliated fury may result. There are three involved parties: 1) the perpetrator exercising power, 2) the victim who is shown powerless and therefore humiliated, and 3) the witness or observers to the event. Because of the powerlessness and lack of control that it exposes, humiliation may lead to anxiety. Humility is recognizing and accepting our own limitations based on an accurate and modest estimate of our importance and significance. The humble person recognizes he is one among the six billion interdependent people on this earth, earth is one planet circling the sun, and our sun is one of a billion stars in the presently known universe. Because of this broad and sound perspective on her significance, the truly humble person cannot be humiliated. Humility reduces our need for self-justification and allows us to admit to and learn from our mistakes. Our ego stands down.
Posted on: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 18:33:29 +0000
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