Humility: A timeless virtue

”Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance” so goes a saying. What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it makes us feel closer to God. Humility is one virtue which separates a good human being from a great human being. It is very easy to feel on top of the world when the going is good. But how many of us have it in us to remain rooted to the earth when the times are good. Just some weeks back there was a photo of Narayan Murthy sitting on footpath of his Mysore campus waiting for the President to arrive. That picture spoke so many things about the man, about his humility. Truly inspiring. We need to remember one thing that when we are climbing the steps to glory we need to show humility towards people who are not as fortunate as we are because when we start coming down we will meet the same people whom we had met while we were going up. If you want to become truly great you have to stand with the people and not above them. That is a mark of a truly humble and a great person. Pride only makes us artificial because both success and failures are ephemeral and are nothing but mere illusion but it is the humility which makes us real. You will be immortalized in the eyes of the people because of this noble virtue. So the next time when you feel on top of the world, success is kissing your feet, dont fly, dont feel proud, just be rooted and just be humble and the world will be yours forever.