Being Right Sized

When I looked up “humility” in the dictionary, the definition that stood out to me was “the lack of pretense”, meaning being right sized with no pretending to be something I am not.  I now work at being right sized, since that seems to work best for myself and those around me.  I am certainly capable of being overly confident or even arrogant, on one extreme, or self-deprecating on the other extreme.  Either extreme reduces my functionality in the world.  I am frequently reminded of the words in the song by Joan Baez that “I’m less than the song I am singing and more than I thought I could be”.  I am clearly less than the power of love, but my capabilities and influence are greater than I thought.