“Humility is so shy. If you begin talking about it, it leaves.” – Timothy Keller

From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst

11 May

You’ve heard the story of the ship’s captain on the ship’s bridge on a foggy night who is warned there is a light dead ahead. So he sends out the following message: ‘change course 30 degrees to starboard.' The message comes back, ‘you change course 30 degrees to starboard.’ Unaccustomed to being told what to do, he sends the following reply: “This is a captain, you change course.’ And the message comes back, ‘This is a lighthouse; you change course.'