Sigh

I'm tired, ok? Tired of arguing with people just like me. That's the problem with the world: me and all the people out there just like me.

We mean well, of course. We are prideful, we think we're right about everything. "No, no, of course I'm not right about everything, I'm human!" That's what we all say. And we really do believe it in our minds, and when we go to confession, we really feel it and know it in our hearts as well. But we sure don't act like it. We can find fault with most people we encounter, although we very easily overlook not only our own faults but those of the people we love the most. They can do no wrong, or rather, we know that when they do wrong, they don't mean it.

Join with me now, let's say the litany of humility (abridged to the parts I have memorized):

Jesus, meek and humble of heart, hear me.

From the desire to be loved, Jesus deliver me
From the desire to be esteemed,
From the desire to be admired,
From the desire to be praised,
From the desire to be noticed,
From the desire of being preferred to others,
From the desire of being consulted,
From the desire of being approved,

From the fear of being humiliated,
From the fear of being despised,
From the fear of suffering rebuke,
From the fear of being forgotten,
From the fear of being ridiculed,
From the fear of being calumniated,
From the fear of being wronged,
From the fear of being suspected,

That others may be loved more than I, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it
That others may be esteemed more than I,
That in the opinion of the world others may increase and I may decrease,
That others may be chosen and I set aside,
That others may be praised and I unnoticed,
That others may be preferred to me in everything,
That others may become holier than I, provided I become as holy as I should,

Warning: Praying this daily leads to countless humiliations and realizations of your WRETCHEDNESS! Be brave. Be wretches.