They say common sense is not so common anymore.  It is more of a RARE sense.  But what’s even lacking in this day and age is HUMILITY.

Everyone struggles with HUMILITY in one form or another.  I know I do!  You have to ask Jesus through the intercession of His Holy Mother, Mama Mary.  Mama Mary is the epitome of HUMILITY.

HUMILITY has become so precious that you have to search in your lifetime to find a person with a true sense of HUMILITY. You have to dig deep into the deepest recesses to unearth someone who truly has that VIRTUE.

What we have in this era is an abundance of people who pretend to be humble or those who don’t know that they are not humble.  The latter are the most irritating people.  They   go through life arrogant with their dealings and yet they see themselves as humble.

So let’s see if I could come up with a description of ARROGANCE with my interaction with others, including my own realization of my own arrogance in life.

1. You think you are always better than others.
2. You think your idea is the best.
3. You ask a question but you don’t wait for an answer.
4. You think you got it all figured out.
5. You think you’re a genius and no one has the same capacity to think like you do.
6. You made a mistake but hey, it’s OK. Someone else made a mistake and you brand them for life.
7. You can’t empathize with the feelings of others.
8. You will say, “don’t be emotional about it,” but you react to the slightest provocation when the topic hits your nerves.
9. You only care about yourself and what will benefit you .
10. You fail to see others’ perspectives.
11. You demand equality but you are not fair.
12. Your mantra is, “what’s in it for me?”
13. You can not SERVE without expecting a return.
14. You think you’re the only one who works hard for the money and everyone is slacking off.
15. You think less but react too quickly.
16. You utter words like, “that person is so emotional, so stingy, a spender, can’t save, and so on.”  Well look in the mirror please!!!
17. You only refer to one side of intelligence, the academic.
18. You disregard other people’s ideas because it wasn’t your own, but would get the credit if the idea works.
19. You think you are self-made.  News flash; no one is.  You get where you are because someone helped you.  
20. You fail to recognize the people who helped you and made it easier for you.
21. You are entitled.
22. You don’t care unless it will benefit you.
23. You think people need you when it’s the other way around.
24. You justify your mistakes, instead of being sorry for it.
25.  Me, me, me.. You only care about your feelings.
26. You have no idea that you’ve hurt others because again, you only care about how you feel.  Let alone, how others feel.
27. You think you are a people person when you are just a noisy gong.
28. You can’t take other people’s advice because you think it will not work.
29. You are not open to other people’s ideas.
30. Your confidence is not rooted in God.