Passage 18

In English

Humility, on the other hand, works on your stature in a manner that can be compared to the effect of the midday sun’s rays on your shadow. The shadow in the afternoon will be small. As the sun goes down and down, as the evening comes on, the shadow that was quite small in the beginning, becomes larger and larger. Therefore, humility is good and indicates the path that is good for one’s life. Humility and obedience, although they look as if they are tiny things that do not confer on you any large powers, will really give you enriched and increased pleasure and happiness as time goes on. Young people should learn to be obedient to elders. You should also learn to have faith in good things. You should also learn to have humility. I wish you all to acquire these three qualities, obedience, faith and humility.