Humbled

 Salam.

I’ve read 13 books this year, one of it titled Humble written by Daryl Van Togeren. It came as a shock to me that I am not as humble as I assume I am, reflected upon reading this book. It is an interesting book, explaining the importance of being humble and exercise humility in daily life backed by science and research.

Not that I am not convinced on the importance of it by relying on my existing information gathered from my faith, Islam. But having more knowledge on the subject is like tighten the existing weave lines. Hence, the assurance make me more settled. In my line of work, we often reminded that we need to scrutinize on why certain things happened (especially on incident that produced undesirable outcome) by answering 5 whys. I guess having more knowledge on certain subject is like inquiring another layer of whys and as equally important for me to craft how I want to conduct my life. 

Approaching mid-life age, I found that the decision making process is easier. Not sure about others. The years I had lived before teach me to see things clearer, moulded a certain belief system and principles that aligned with my intrinsic value. With my time moving so consistently towards its finish line, I guess the phrase “You only Die Once” resonated at greater volume to me than the YOLO. 

Back to the book, one of my favourite key takeaways from it is being humble is about representing ourselves in actual size, not bigger to impress the audience and not smaller to fit the others.