tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524587867926479504.post6874494140265528910..comments2023-05-14T09:40:10.335-04:00Comments on La Poutine Cachere: Proud HumilityLa Poutine Cacherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07612961328069774270noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524587867926479504.post-34209325040315613402008-01-16T17:33:00.000-05:002008-01-16T17:33:00.000-05:00"Oh Lord, it's hard to be humble, when you're perf..."Oh Lord, it's hard to be humble, when you're perfect in every way..."Avruhom Yehidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00033542700549658607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524587867926479504.post-3152438560956669702008-01-15T16:33:00.000-05:002008-01-15T16:33:00.000-05:00As Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, zt'l said, "Hashem comma...As Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, zt'l said, "Hashem commanded the appointment of judges at all levels in order to present a goal for everyone; even someone who isn't blessed with the abilities of a Moshe can still aspire to be a judge over a thousand or hundred, or a least fifty or ten. Whatever level he attains, however great or humble, can then be used as a stepping stone from which to strive for evenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524587867926479504.post-13512521300469651212008-01-15T02:57:00.000-05:002008-01-15T02:57:00.000-05:00As I read the various comments, though well writte...As I read the various comments, though well written, I believe that they miss the point of the blog.<BR/><BR/>It seems to me that the blogger is not speaking about individual pride, but rather about national pride; a national pride in its truest, purest and proper form. <BR/><BR/>The blogger's statement reminds me of the practice of Rav Salanter, TZ"L who carried two slips of paper, one in eachAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524587867926479504.post-3918931036663713892008-01-14T22:58:00.000-05:002008-01-14T22:58:00.000-05:00Humility is living with the reality that nothing m...Humility is living with the reality that nothing matters except doing the right thingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524587867926479504.post-79344977562579473752008-01-14T20:06:00.000-05:002008-01-14T20:06:00.000-05:00Humility is not cowardice or compromising. It is s...Humility is not cowardice or compromising. It is something that Hashem has called us to pursue. I believe that working towards a lifestyle centered around humility requires us to first acknowledge this: We are no better than anyone else. Period. You aren’t too cool to sit with that person sitting by himself at the lunch table, you aren’t too “busy” to talk to that underappreciated custodian Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524587867926479504.post-89746368742061594102008-01-14T18:58:00.000-05:002008-01-14T18:58:00.000-05:00Humility -- true humility -- is one of the most ex...Humility -- true humility -- is one of the most expansive and life-enhancing of all virtues. It does not mean undervaluing yourself. It means valuing other people. It signals a certain openness to life's grandeur and the willingness to be surprised, uplifted, by goodness wherever one finds it.<BR/><BR/>True humility is the consciousness of standing in the presence of greatness, which is why it isAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524587867926479504.post-69108492418618931242008-01-14T18:35:00.000-05:002008-01-14T18:35:00.000-05:00Humility is actually another facet of personal int...Humility is actually another facet of personal introspection, namely personal honesty. In the realm of attempting to project images of ourselves, the Torah tells us to stay true to who we are. If we aren't honest - if we overestimate ourselves - our true identity may be lost in a misguided effort to project ourselves as something different that what we really are. A star student who deludes Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524587867926479504.post-58465661137284852212008-01-14T17:46:00.000-05:002008-01-14T17:46:00.000-05:00How great is humility? So great that the Holy One ...How great is humility? So great that the Holy One singles it out to glorify and praise it, as it is written in the Tractate of Megilla (31a). Rabbi Yochanan says: Wherever one finds the might of the Holy One, he also finds His humility.<BR/><BR/>A person has to imitate the qualities of his Creator with all his might, in order to ascend to the highest rung and cling to humility. This will entitle Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524587867926479504.post-52506214891059698372008-01-14T17:28:00.000-05:002008-01-14T17:28:00.000-05:00Some people are proud of their humilityIt is pride...Some people are proud of their humility<BR/><BR/>It is pride which fills the world with so much harshness and severity<BR/><BR/>Pride is a vice not only dreadfully mischievous in human society, but perhaps of all others, the most insuperable bar to real inward improvement.<BR/><BR/>The seat of pride is in the heart, and only there; and if it be not there, it is neither in the look nor in the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524587867926479504.post-72887045460658600272008-01-14T17:24:00.000-05:002008-01-14T17:24:00.000-05:00No one ever choked swallowing his pride.Through pr...No one ever choked swallowing his pride.<BR/><BR/>Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves.<BR/><BR/>Pride is the mask of one's own faults<BR/><BR/>Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves<BR/><BR/>In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes<BR/><BR/>Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real<BR/><BR/>We are rarely proud when we are alone<BR/><BR/>Pride is an Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524587867926479504.post-66674091881955052412008-01-14T16:50:00.000-05:002008-01-14T16:50:00.000-05:00Humility requires sincerity and honestyHumility requires sincerity and honestyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com