Your patient has become humble; have you drawn attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware that he has them, but this is specially true of humilty. Catch him at the moment when he is really poor in spirit and smuggle into his mind the gratifying reflection, "By jove! I'm being humble," and almost immediately pride -- pride at his own humility -- will appear. If he awakes to the danger and tries to smother this new form of pride, make him proud of his attempt -- and so on, through as many stages as you please. But don't try this too long, for fear you awake his sense of humour and proportion, in which case he will merely laugh at you and go to bed.

Good morning world... Above is an excerpt from 'The Screwtape Letters' by C.S. Lewis... I found it very interesting as I've experienced things like this before. Humilty is trait that I consider to be very important. The type that knows that they have been doing well, thanks God for the God-given ability and remains silent about it. There's no need to be vocal about your achievements.
Matthew 6:1 says, "Take care not to do your good deeds publicly or before men, in order to be seen by them; otherwise you will have no reward [reserved for and awaiting you] with and from your Father Who is in heaven."
It is repeated quite a few times in Matthew 6... God will reward good things done in secret. Credit will be given where credit is due. Which brings me to another point... Some people are the opposite. Too humble that they put themselves down. The type that says, "Oh no... I'm not good at this and this" or "It was by luck" when they have been blessed with talents.

I'm very impressed by the way Saint Paul spoke in the bible. It may have seemed he was boastful. But he was confident not of his own abilities or achievements. He was confident in God. I'm been trying to be like him... Its interesting to catch myself trying to fish for compliments sometimes. Human nature is like that... but I know that with God's help I can do it.

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