Humility elevates a person’s virtue says Yunus Emre. I think it’s true but to what extent?
It, indeed, makes you approachable and improves relationships. However, everything in excess is harmful. Even if the habit you’re doing is good for you, it would probably break your heart if you did it over and over.
Imagine a woman doing a speech but it’s full of self-deprecating humor about her miskates. You would probably think that she doesn’t see herself enough, but wouldn’t think that she cares about humility.
Self-worth enhances a person’s dignity says Nietzsche. I don’t actually know that it’s true but I sure agree with him. If you don’t know the value of yourself, what you deserve, what you’re capable of, humility is useless. It helps us to set boundaries, pursue goals, and face challenges.
For example, imagine a person in the workplace being asked to take on extra tasks beyond their capacity. If they have a strong sense of self-worth they might say that they’re not capable of doing that stuff right now and politely reject them because they know their limits.
But if you ask this to a person that cares about humility you might hear they accept it even if they have a lot on their plate. You might also see them messing it up.
Long story short, humility and self-worth are significant for people but if you wanna have humility, you have to know your self-worth.