We Are Dependent on A Higher Reality

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Sometimes when people ask me, “what does it mean to be humble? because there's so much arrogance in the world today.” One explanation of humility is just to be honest. ‘I am completely dependent on so many gifts that are coming from God and from so many gifts that are coming from God through so many people and so many wonderful gifts of nature and to be grateful. An arrogant heart cannot be grateful. An arrogant heart always feels ‘I deserve something else I deserve to be more. I'm more. And we can have a pretense of gratitude but it's not real. In gratitude there's joy. If you think you deserve something great and then you get it, are you grateful for it? If you really don't think you deserve it and somebody gives it to you, you're very grateful.

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