Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta taught: “God needs our poverty, not our abundance. These are means of being humble:
Speak as little as possible about oneself;- Take care of one’s personal matters
- Avoid curiosity;
- Do not meddle in the affairs of others;
- Accept contradictions with good humor;
- Do not focus on the faults of others;
- Accept reproach, even if undeserved;
- Yield to the will of others;
- Accept insults and abuse;
- Accept feeling uncared for, forgotten, despised;
- Be courteous and sensitive, even if someone provokes you;
- Do not try to be admired and loved;
- Do not hide behind one’s own dignity;
- Yield in arguments, even if one is right;
- Always choose what is most difficult.”
Source: Mother Teresa, Heart of Joy: The Transforming Power of Self-Giving, Servant Books, 1987.