Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Humility

I think of humility as graceful victory, not bragging and such. I think this is lost on the younger generations these days. I volunteer at a board game convention, at which we have a video game room. this room is for the most part filled with children, and it's on rare occasions that I see a mature and humble win. Most the time the tournaments end with "you got raped" or "never play this again", and half the time the losers end up crying. It's sad that as volunteers we can't teach these kids proper values, but on the other hand it shouldn't be our job to raise other people's kids. I guess what i'm trying to say is that humility is following close on the heels of chivalry. I think this is mostly because of the online video gaming mind set. The "I'm never going to see you so I might as well shove it in your face" kind of thing. I may not be able to change the world but that doesn't mean I'm going to give up on being humilitous. <---Pretty sure that's not a word xD