Humility vs Low Self Esteem

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less."- C.S Lewis

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Be ye humble; that's something we have always been admonished to be.
Humility is the act of being modest and not thinking highly of oneself, or of one's achievements. Low self esteem however could be seen as the feeling of being inadequate, incompetent, and unworthy. 

One is knowing that you're great, but not shoving it in people's faces (kinda), while the other is like probably being great, but believing you are not. 

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Humility helps you sail smoothly through life and endears you to people, but low self esteem is like a tiny cancerous voice that keeps whispering negative things about yourself into your ears, which if you allow to continue, will just grow into self-hatred and its accompanying ills such as depression and suicide.

Personally, it irks me when people constantly talk down on themselves or their achievements, even while you're trying to convince them they are good at something, they keep denying it. People with low self esteem are often shy, withdrawn, insecure, lacks self-confidence, etc. 

A humble person could be a great achiever who has just chosen not to toot his/her own horn, you understand? I doubt if any religion or even non-religion has anything against humility, so it cannot be said to be a trait found among people of a particular religious belief. I learnt that even the devil himself hates proud people, 😊. 

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In other news, today makes it 36 years since one of my favourite musicians died at the young age of 36. Robert 'Bob' Marley actually died before I was even born, but I grew up and fell in love with his songs and the messages therein. Beautiful music. That's a true legend right there. Not these noisy types that I can't even remember after a short while. 

So, today I'm going to disturb my colleagues with good reggae music as I'll play my Bob Marley collection all day, in his honour 👌😉😊.

Have a great day everyone. Remember to show love to one another.

Peace...