Humility

There'a a new priest in our Parish at St Mary's Church, and he's super awesome. He's from the States I pressume and perhaps thats why, his sermons are touching and relevant...something people can understand. Moreover, it's not preachy in nature.

Today he spoke about something, that I want to share with all those of you reading this blog.
He said, 'There is something so beautiful and attractive in a human being. There is nothing more pure than that...and that is humility'.
He then added a personal story, to explain its true meaning.
When Father (we call priests father if some of you'll didn't know that) was teaching catechism (religion class) in Baharain, many years ago, there was a boy in his class called Bobbin. He was quiet and a shy guy, but when it came to studies he was loud and fierce, and always got his point straight through.
Bobbin also had other charecteristics- he had thick soda glasses, a unstable eye condition which caused his eyes to scatter all around the place, wore crinkly unironed clothes and wasn't good looking at all. Oh, and he was 'very dark'.
All the other kids, made fun of him and how he looked. They didn't care whether he could hear or not, they just said whatever they thought of him, out loud.
He came from a poor family, where his father was a taxi driver and his mother cleaned airports, and knowing or not knowing this, kids made fun of Bobbin. One day, father heard a girl say out loud to her friend, 'He's such an ugly malu'.

One fine day, father called Bobbin into his room and asked him how he could stand there and listen to the other kids say mean things about him, and not do a thing back. And his answer, shocked and enlightened father.
Bobbin said, ' I AM dark in complexion, wear horrible clothes, come from a very poor family. I look ugly and I don't really compare to any of the other kids here. But I'm blessed, father, truly blessed. Because I can understand and study hard and get high marks, without having to go to tutions, which is great, cause I can't afford it. Maybe this way I'll get to a really good university, through a scholarship and then when I get a good job, take care of my parents and give them an amazing life.'

That, father concluded, is humility.
To be all that you are, in the eyes of God and accept yourself and be grateful.