Dr Bob on Humility
On his desk Dr Bob (pictured at left), a cofounder of AA, had a plaque defining humility
“‘As Dr. Bob said…:’”
Humility is …
‘Perpetual quietness of heart.
It is to have no trouble.
It is never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore; to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me.
It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised, it is to have a blessed home in myself where I can go in and shut the door and kneel to my Higher Power in secret and be at peace, as in a deep sea of calmness, when all around and about is seeming trouble.’”
From; Dr. Bob and the Good Old-timers (1980), page 222
Humility can be so elusive. As soon as I think I humble I lose it.