humility

A friend, Amy Cunningham, wrote an article that sought to define the term "humility." As part of her research, she met with cloistered nuns in Washington DC. The sacrifices they endure, living in six by eight foot cells, chanting for 8 hours daily and then waking at 1:30 AM for matins seem unimaginable. But the hardest part to me would be not seeing siblings or family more than twice a year and not being allowed to hug these relatives for TWENTY FIVE YEARS!!

But what resonated most for me in this article was Cunningham's own definition of humility:"Your life’s assignment is to greet your fellow men with the assumption that they have a good thing inside them that you are curious to discover, no matter who they are."