The more alert we become to the blessings that flow into us from everything we touch, the more our own touch will bring blessing.
~ by Br. David Stendl-Rast
The word "humility" (also "human") is derived from the Latin "humus," meaning "the soil." Perhaps this is not simply because it entails stooping and returning to earthly origins, but also because, as we are rooted in this earth of everyday life, we find in it all the vitality and fertility unnoticed by people who mostly tramp on across the surface, drawn by distant landscapes.