I think that humility is about not being better (or worse) than anyone else. It is about respecting everyone. It is about not bragging or selling yourself, except through your actions.
I think it’s important to be humble, but I have found that being humble is not the same as appearing humble. I feel humble, for example, but I come across, according to reports, as if I know it all or I think I’m better than others. This is not actually true. In general, I feel much inferior to others in many ways. However, the way I ask questions and the way I talk seems to give people the impression that I think I am too smart to…. I don’t know…. pay attention to them?
So there is a difference between being humble and appearing humble. I have a choice now that I know about this. I can go out of my way to appear humble, probably by shutting up, if I want my appearance to match my inner being.
I don’t think I am going to do that.