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Here's one more excerpt from the chapter I'm reading now: humility in daily life

"The humble person seeks at all times to live up to the rule : Honor one another above yourselves; serve one another; consider others better than yourselves; submit to one another." The question is often asked how we can count others better than ourselves when we see that they are far below us in wisdom, in holiness, in natural gifts, or in grace received. The question proves at once how little we understand what real lowliness of mind is. True humility comes when before God we see ourselves as nothing, have put aside self, and let God be all. The soul that has done this, and can say, "I have lost myself in finding you," no longer compares itself with others. It has given up forever any thought of self in God's presence; it meets its fellowmen as one who is nothing and seeks nothing for itself; who is a servant of God and for His sake is a servant of all. A faithful servant maybe wiser than his master and yet retain the true spirit and posture of a servant. The humble man looks upon every child of God, the most weak and unworthy, and honors him and prefers him as a son of the King. The spirit of Him who washed the disciples' feet makes it a joy to be the least, to be servants of one another.

The humble person feels no jealousy or envy. He can praise God when others are preferred and blessed before him. He can hear others praised and himself forgotten, because in God's presence he has learned to say with Paul, " I am nothing." He has received the spirit of Jesus, who pleased not hmself and sought not His own honor as the spirit of his life."