"Therefore, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and constraints, for the sake of Christ; for when I am weak, then I am strong."As I have heard Fr. Burke Masters say, "Humility isn't thinking less of ourselves, it is think about ourselves less." He also spoke about how his dad told him as a young aspiring baseball player, and I am paraphrasing, that, "no one was better than him…and that he wasn't better than anyone else."Seek God before doing anything. Allow humility to right order your actionRefrain from sitting idly or being paralyzed Receive God's mercy, His gifts.Refrain from excessive grief of your sins and feel unworthy, this is the evil one's tactic to draw you into sloth, self-loathing, insecurity, putting our pitiful selves in a state of false humility. Be aware of defense mechanismsKeep from overvaluing the opinion of othersHave a healthy fear of the Cross and crucifixion. Allow the Lord to make our hearts ablaze with His love. Be prepared to work. Be prepared to lower ourselves and elevate Christ and others above us. Christ's sacrificial love frees us from fear because our security and worth are rooted in Him, not the opinions of others, or ourselves. Not in what we are capable of.Grow in our littleness, our true humility. To empty our cup, our hearts to make room for more love. God cannot pour into a full cup. Allow God to heal our fears and insecurities, our pride, our desire for control and appearances, and our insecurities.This way we rely on God and grow in His love that bears all suffering, allowing us to suffer better, to compliment others, even when we desire the compliment ourselves. To recognize the good works of others and refrain from pointing the spotlight on ourselves and what we have done. Doing this will cure us from being paralyzed by our domineering and tyrannical egos enabling us to rest securely in the love of Christ. In this way we can know we are loved, even when others reject us, rebuke, humiliate or forget us. Look to the Lord's Passion. You will know you are making progress when you see that life is not about you receiving power, honor, praise, and/or glory, but rather it is about rejoicing when someone else does something great and suffering well, unnoticed, with others when they struggle. This is the...