The beginning of humility.

How to achieve humility? Here is one of the councils of Metropolitan Anthony Sourozh:

We must learn to look at ourselves with a bit of humor, which brings up vital realism in us. For example, the inflamed imagination suggests: "I am a genius." And you answer with a calm smile: "Don't be a fool, you're a mediocre person" or "What a fool you are, what are you doing? "

"I remember in the children's camp," says Vladyka Anthony, "One of the boys came into a terrible rage. Our leader, instead of saying anything, took him and put a mirror in front of him. When the boy saw his furious face, all his anger immediately subsided."

A realistic view of oneself is the beginning of humility.