Spiritual humility is not about getting small, not about debasing oneself, but about approaching everything and everyone else with a readiness to see goodness and to be surprised. This is the humility of a child, which Jesus lauded. It is the humility of the scientist and the mystic. It has a lightness of step, not a heaviness of heart. That lightness is the surest litmus test I know for recognizing wisdom when you see it in the world or feel its stirrings in yourself. The questions that can lead us are already alive in our midst, waiting to be summoned and made real. It is a joy to name them. It is a gift to plant them in our senses, our bodies, the places we inhabit, the part of the world we can see and touch and help to heal. Furthermore, it is a relief to claim our love of each other and take that on as an adventure, a calling. Furthermore, it is a pleasure to wonder at the mystery we are and find delight in the vastness of reality that is embedded in our beings. Furthermore, it is a privilege to hold something robust and resilient called hope, which has the power to shift the world on its axis.

Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living