Realizing a few things

It's been way too long since I last captured by thoughts on here. And, I don't really think it would be practical to try and catch everything up. I guess I'll just live with the gap. One thing that I have really had a hard time learning recently is the concept of humility. In fact, it's been quite an endeavor all by itself to slowly come to the realization that I know a lot less than I think I do. There's plenty of liberty there but it's a challenge all the same. One verse has really captured me as well. In the gospel of Matthew, Jesus delivers a pretty bold statement when he says "why do you look at the speck of dust in someone else's eye when there's a plank in your own?" My answer? Cause I don't have a plank in my eye! Duh. And thus the circle back to my original thought. In the end I'm starting to discover that there seems to be a correlation between humility and a sincere care for other people. Think about it, when's the last time someone called Mother Teresa the most egotistical person on the planet? This is not to say that being humble means that you don't view yourself properly. Denouncing the good things that are true about us is quite the opposite--false humility. But what I think it boils down to is navigating that elusive balance of viewing others just as highly as you would view yourself. Sounds like something I've heard a time or two before.