Humility is one of the virtues that I am constantly praying for for myself. One area where I always feel failing in testing my humility is when someone corrects me. I always retort back. I can't seem to say 'you're right', period. There's always another line to cover up my error.

At work, whenever a superior comes to me to show me my mistakes, I feel hurt and lacking. I don't say a word but I think they see it in my face -- my eyes squinted, my face blank and both my ears are reddened. The truth is (and I'm always saying this to myself): I should be thankful that my boss still finds time to show me my mistakes. That means he's willing to teach me. It could be worse. I could easily be fired if he wanted to. But no. He painstakingly improves my work, showing me how to weave winnng words in our proposals.

That, I think, is the secret of learning -- having the humility to accept that we don't know, and the eagerness to grasp the lessons before us.

It's only when we empty ourselves that we are filled.

Prayers: Bless me with the spirit of humility so that instead of being hurt by criticisms and corrections, I treasure them and learn from them.