Humble Pie Meaning

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the word humble as, “Having or showing a modest or low estimate of one’s own importance.” Or “Of low social, administrative, or political rank.” This of course is a very generic social term of an adjective there is more to this word than meets the eye. Sometimes even being used as a verb, “To lower (someone) in dignity or importance.” However, it’s only found on a societal level, but also in various religions, philosophical ideals, cultures, and criticism around the world. Originating in Latin as “Humus” meaning grounded the word transformed into “Humilis” over time to mean low or lowly, we then get to the Old French derivative we all know today “Humble”. Many terms have been made from this word from …show more content…
A suburb of Houston in Harris County with a population of fifteen thousand one hundred thirty-three people we can assume everyone here gets their humble pie and eats it too. Or what about The Humble Pie Store in Denver, Colorado. A little bakery serving up custom pies at your convenience. We can hope this is a reference to the 1969 band Humble Pie and if not you can feel humble in knowing the hipsters working there will know the band you’re talking about. This of course is just a couple points to get the point across about how widely this word is used even in our modern society, mostly being references to the ever popular “Humble Pie” term. To eat your humble pie is to act in a humble manner keeping your composure and ego in check, Instead opting to let things bead up and roll off of you like water on wax paper. Which also happens to be a common teaching in many martial arts training. You really start to see some lines being drawn when you learn the importance of …show more content…
There is one thing everybody can agree on though. C.S. Lewis is a fantastic and distinguished writer loved by all believers and non-believers alike. Along with being one of the most renowned fantasy author ever he wrote a book called ‘Mere Christianity’ where he states and I quote “pride is the anti-god state. Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness and all that, are mere flea-bites in comparison: It was through pride that the devil became the devil. Pride leads to all vices.” Quite cryptic he seems to be warning of the road not staying humble will lead you down. While he may be a little intense in this statement Lewis makes some good points simply saying to lose one’s self will open you to otherwise avoidable