Tyler Wegerer (Cummins) EN101 online 5 October 2017 Humility The Oxford Dictionary describes humility as the quality of having a modest or low view of one’s importance. Many people catch the attention of the media today. For a short while, these people stood at the center of everyone’s attention. It becomes difficult to resist letting one’s pride and ego take over when faced with almost unlimited attention. Sometimes this person might work their way into the spotlight through years of hard work. Others may perform one action to bring all attention to themselves. No matter the circumstance, the way a person behaves in front of others greatly influences their opinion of him or her. Tim Tebow, Captain "Sully" Sullenberger, and Neil Armstrong demonstrated …show more content…
Armstrong repeatedly gives credit to "Those 400,000 people who had given me the opportunity to make that step” (Humble Hero). His family released a statement that said in part, "While we mourn the loss of a very good man, we also celebrate his remarkable life and hope that it serves as an example to young people around the world to work hard to make their dreams come true, to be willing to explore and push the limits, and to selflessly serve a cause greater than themselves” (Hero). He said the moon landing in July 1969 was not so much his doing as simply an "achievement that a third of a million people had been working for a decade to accomplish” (qtd. in Giant Leap). His words, "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind” are not self centered and they do not bring attention to himself. Instead, he gives credit to mankind for this great achievement. Following his career in space, Armstrong taught aerospace engineering at the University of Cincinnati and generally avoided the public view for the rest of his life. "He was the embodiment of everything this nation is all about," said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. Armstrong, he said, had a courageous drive for exploration while being an "incredibly humble" man. Throughout his career, Armstrong did not take the credit and fame for himself but rather passed it on to others …show more content…
Captain Sully successfully landed Flight 1549 on the Hudson River after his plane was disabled after hitting a flock of Canada geese immediately after takeoff. Amazingly, all 155 passengers survived. Immediately following the emergency landing, Sullenberger became engrossed with attention from the media. They credited him for the amazing water landing. Michael A. L. Balboni, the state’s deputy secretary for public safety, met with Sully soon after the water landing. Mr. Balboni stated, “He said to me, in the most unaffected, humble way, ‘That’s what we’re trained to do.’ “No boasting, no emotion, no nothing”(qtd. in Pilot). Some people called his water landing a miracle. He calmly shrugged these remarks off and continued on with his life. Following the landing, Sullenberger did not go out to celebrate, but rather fielded calls from President Bush and President-elect Barack Obama. There was a ceremony held in City Hall held in his honor that he chose not to attend. At this ceremony, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said that “Sullenberger’s actions inspired people around the city and millions more around the world” (Rivera,Ray). Friends and relatives of Captain Sullenberger said that “He wouldn’t take easily to being called a hero”(A Pilot). Those who knew Sully before the landing were already aware of his selflessness and humility. His actions following the landing proved to the rest of the world just how humble
The wild is a place to push yourself to the limit and take a look at who you truly are inside. “Wilderness areas have value as symbols of unselfishness” (Nash). Roderick Nash’s philosophy states that the wilderness gives people an opportunity to learn humility but they fight this because they do not have a true desire to be humble. Human-kind wants to give out the illusion that they are nature lovers when in reality, they are far from it. “When we go to designated wilderness we are, as the 1964 act says, "visitors" in someone else's home” (Nash). People do not like what they cannot control and nature is uncontrollable. Ecocentrism, the belief that nature is the most important element of life, is not widely accepted. The novel Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer depicts a young boy who goes on an exploration to teach himself the true concept of humility. Chris McCandless, the protagonist, does not place confidence in the universal ideology that human beings are the most significant species on the planet, anthropocentrism.
In the 1930’s, there was many inconvenient catastrophes going on such as the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. Many families migrated to California hoping to find better conditions. In the excerpt from John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, we are introduced to a man going through the situation of moving to California. He is trying to purchase ten cents worth of bread for him and his family, but isn’t quite able to accomplish that due to the stubborn waitress named Mae. Humility is shown in the excerpt when the man constantly shows his humbleness towards Mae. The man’s “insistent” and “inflexible” humility changes Mae’s behavior into becoming more sympathetic and less stubborn by the way he continued to be humble and persistent making her realize the difficulty of his situation.
The term “humble” means to refrain from showing pride or arrogance and to be modest. I feel that this word is very important to live by. To be humble means to be selfless in everything you do. It is acceptable to have pride and confidence in the tasks that you complete, but you should do so in a manner that will give people the impression that you deserve. The population of humble people in today’s generation is growing thinner with each passing moment. I have learned this from experience.
Society has evolved culturally since the 6th century. The simplistic and barbaric lifestyle of the Middle Ages, as portrayed in the epic poem Beowulf (Heaney, 2000), contrasts with the complex and civilized lifestyle of a modern day society, as depicted in the movie Beowulf and Grendel (Gunnarsson, 2005). The flat characters of the epic poem exhibit little to no knowledge of the concepts of humility as well as compassion, whereas the characters of the film utilize these concepts to give each of the main characters a sense of depth as well as realistic personas that allow the audience to connect with them on a much deeper level.
Indisputably, all too many families find themselves making the difficult decisions to place their loved ones in a nursing home facility. In that stressful atmosphere, family members may be tense, and conflicts may arise. Occasionally, patients and family members can be burdensome and may place their frustration toward the nursing staff. Consequently, some nurses seek to suppress such tension, only to find that it spills over into other areas of life. Others even suffer emotionally, giving way to frustration and despair. The concept of cultural humility will be discussed throughout this paper as an open and aware mentality, the quality and knowledge necessary for the nursing staff to
“We all have heard about ordinary people who find themselves in extraordinary situations. They act courageously or responsibly, and their efforts are described as if they opted to act that way on the spur of the moment... I believe many people in those situations actually have made decisions years before.” (Chesley B. Sullenberger, Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters) Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III; Husband, Father, Captain and Hero. Sully Sullenberger is an author, safety advocate and a hero. Sully is known for the “Miracle on the Hudson” that saved many lives one day in January 2003 when he successfully landed a plane on the Hudson River.
Neil Alden Armstrong was an astronaut and the first man ever to walk on the Moon.
Cultural humility was a film based on opinions and reactions to the concept itself. The film started out with two females describing “Cultural Humility” as a “multi-dimensional concept”, where it begins as a life learning and critical self reflection process where we need to understand that each one of us is a completely different individual, who is unique in its own way. They also talk about recognizing and challenging power imbalances to create better partnerships. This part of the film starts out by talking about those who lack power are the ones who are denied the ability to challenge their human rights. They give an example of the Chinese Progressive Association, some Universities, and how San Francisco’s Health Department
President Kennedy has shown the commitment, justified the struggles, and now developed the need in every listener’s mind why America needs to be the first country to land a person on the moon. Looking back, he obviously succeeded. His speech was the major turning point in making the move happen, and rhetorical questions, allusions, and repetition all played an important role in making the speech so persuasive and inspiring.
For a warrior, humility can often be interpreted as a great weakness. It is easily mistaken for a lack of prowess or might, both of which are essential traits of a successful warrior. However, it is evident in Homer’s The Iliad that humility requires a greater amount of strength than pride. Achilles’ respect for Priam’s ability to relinquish his ego and plead for his son’s corpse demonstrates a clear deference to humility. However, Priam occasionally loses Achilles as he wanes and allows pride to overcome his better judgement. Throughout the epic, characters such as Achilles and even Patroclus must find a balance between pride and humility. Though surrendering oneself to pride may seem more satisfying and alluring, it is evident in each character
C. S. Lewis stated the distinction memorably: “Humility is not thinking less of ourselves, but thinking of ourselves less.” and went on to say “In other words, humility is fundamentally a form of self-forgetfulness as opposed to pride’s
Flight 1549 took off on January 15, 2009, a US airways airbus model A320. Before the flight reaches its peak it gets struck by a flock of Canadian geese destroying both of the engines. The 58 year old captain Chesley Sullenberger also known as “Sully” managed to glide the airplane and landing it in to the Hudson river safely with minor injuries to 150 passengers and 5 crew members. This all took place in 5 minutes and 8 seconds of flight time. Langewiche lauds Sullenberger’s skills and the calmness he had kept under such pressure which advanced the fly by wire technology that aircraft was equipped
Neil Armstrong looked at it not only as a great triumph for America, but also for the human race when he said "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" on his first step on the moon (Dunbar). On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy gave a speech about what he called "urgent national needs" at a stadium at Rice University in Houston, Texas (“NASA Moon Landing”). In that speech, he challenged America to "commit itself to landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth by the end of the decade"(Schlager and Lauer). This became known as Kennedy's challenge and the idea was to outperform the Soviets. While the Soviets were off to a better start with the launch of Sputnik I, we soon rose to the challenge and accomplished our goal only eight years later on June 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin safely landed on the moon. With the great accomplishments of Apollo 11, America had bettered the Soviets and established superiority in space.
When having Humility, we tend to try and not minimize our work, but we do observe it by thinking of things in a "big picture? point of view. If one is a successful businessperson, one may wonder if he has a duty to be reasonable and truthful as a witness to others.
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” It was July 20 1969, the day that reshaped our nation and gave us unparalleled dreams for the future. The impact of the day goes far beyond our pride and nationalism; that day would change space exploration and technology forever. Just like a shooting star, that day would give us a glimpse of hope. A chance to see an event so breathtaking and defying, it would be man’s greatest accomplishment in the 20th century. As millions of people watched from their TV sets, a rush of euphoria came over the nation as Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the surface of the moon. It was the first time in the history of mankind that we would step on the surface of another celestial body. John F. Kennedy dared us to dream, he inspired the nation to reach for the moon, to set ourselves apart from the rest of the world. The Space Race was symbolic of many things. Our future as the technically dominate nation was secured in place; just as secure as Old Glory would be, when she was driven down into the soil of the moon. We not only reached the moon, we conquered it as a nation; united.