Get low..
By basqui
@basqui (3888)
Philippines
June 2, 2010 5:59am CST
There's a saying that the higher you fly the harder it is when you fall down...
So it's better to be humble than be arrogant or boastful.
So have you analyzed yourself lately if you are humble or arrogant?
How do you respond to people who are arrogant or boastful?
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24 responses
@srganesh (6340)
• India
2 Jun 10
I have always been humble because I am not at the top.And I am not down so that somebody can be arrogant towards me.I am doing my own business and I have to be humble towards my parties and if somebody acted arrogant towards me,i will not turn back to the,the next time.
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@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
2 Jun 10
YEah right!! NEver be too arrongant or too booastful or even proud, for it might be the cause of one's downfall too.. When one is high up and mighty, everybody will be looking up to them, trying to ask for favours etc.. ANd if they start attitude or look down upon others, that's the time, their downfall is starting.. haha =D
Imagine when they fall, and those ple whom he/she look down upon before, starts taking revenge?? What's gonna happen to him/her?? haha =D PAthetic!!
@prinzcy (32322)
• Malaysia
2 Jun 10
I am not humble or arrogant but merely being normal. I don't gloat my achievement, yet I will tell my family and friends so they'll feel happy as well. I don't meant to show off and initiate the negative feelings from others. I guess that sort of thing is pretty normal. Besides, what I always learn, there's no need to gloat, there's always someone better than you in achieving whatever you achieve. Just be happy and thankful.
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@purplealabaster (22094)
• United States
2 Jun 10
All I can think about when reading the title of your discussion is the song "Get Low".
@purplealabaster (22094)
• United States
2 Jun 10
No, but I like that one, too. I was talking about Lil' Jon's song "Get Low".
@amsaga0994 (112)
• Philippines
2 Jun 10
hehehehe
for me i can be humble sometimes and be arrogant sometimes hey I'm only a person I'm not perfect hehehe
For me i do not care to think of them as humble or arrogant but i always think of them as a person who can be humble or arrogant sometimes. but sometimes a person need to be aware that he or she is judge by others before he/she would realize that he/she is also a person then that person would have an understanding to that humble or arrogant person:)
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@amsaga0994 (112)
• Philippines
2 Jun 10
hehehehehe
true pero meron man din ibang tao that will accept you of who you are :)
@kalav56 (11464)
• India
2 Jun 10
Absolutely rue basqui. It is better to be humble at all times irresepctive of how well you do in life or how successful you are.THese are all transient and can leave us as fast as they come to us.The smallest of conceit brings a big bump and I also believe in thsi.
Now, how can we deal with these people?--It depends on who the person is and why this person behaves this way.If it si an outsider, avoid interactions. If it is an insider tell them point blank.
@kalav56 (11464)
• India
2 Jun 10
This can be done[saying things outright] only if they hurt us.When they are insiders we have to say that because they would never realise it and would hurt us.Even here it should be curbed straightaway if it comes to us directly. Otherwise, why should we bother?It is not our concern.
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
2 Jun 10
I avoid arrogant people. It's not worth knowing them because they won't change, they are so full of themselves. But that usually changes as they age and get some experience in life, especially when they get taken down a few pegs.
There is nothing wrong with being proud of your accomplishments but rubbing peoples' faces in them is rude and offensive. I don't think I was ever arrogant, I've always lived very simply and unfortunately didn't accomplish much other than raise my two children. So if I was never arrogant it's not because I was so virtuous, it's because I never had reason to be!
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
2 Jun 10
Take your time! I had my first child at 33, after I'd lived a lot and got all my partying and wild times out of the way. I think it made me a much better mother because I was ready to settle down and didn't feel as if I was missing anything. I was ready to devote myself to a husband and children and I think that's the best way to do it. Good luck!
@coffeegurl (1467)
• United States
3 Jun 10
Usually attractive wealthy men who are successful are a bit arrogant.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
4 Jun 10
I have always felt that I am a very humble person. I learned this trait from my parents when I was a very young age and the lessons that I learned from them are lessons that I have carried with me throughout my life. I know that there are a lot of people that I have been connected to throughout my life that are a lot more arrogant than I am and eventually there are things about these people that drive me insane and I don't stay connected with them for a very long portion of my life.
@purplealabaster (22094)
• United States
2 Jun 10
You do not ignore them, Vandy. Instead, you adopt them as your nephews and then try to rehabilitate them.
@hofferp (4734)
• United States
2 Jun 10
I'm certainly not arrogant, but I don't think I'm humble either. I really dislike being around people who are arrogant and will usually remain quiet, until I can find a time to leave. Then I don't put myself in that situation again...I avoid arrogant people.
@princess8881 (1630)
• South Korea
3 Jun 10
hhmmm i definetly agree with that.... well me... i think i am humble im not trying to please everybody but... i dont really like that style... to be known by everybody and to do nothing but to show everything u think is your asset.. i hate people like that...
@harsh_tyagi (1)
• India
3 Jun 10
I once heard a small story about grass and a tree.The tree asked that grass why floods never harm her and always take away all the trees standing near him. grass replied that because they all stand against the floods it destroys them and because she stays humble before floods thats why it never harmed her.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
3 Jun 10
I am more humble than arrogant because I did not grow up with a high enough opinion with myself! Nowadays I am a more confident but arrogant, never! My father is arrogant, he has an idea that he truly believes; he is the only person in the world who has the answers, he knows how to live, it’s everybody else who is ignorant…He’s had a few falls, I must say but they have not stopped him. Arrogance is a quality I really dislike because it is not only unpleasant but I grew up looking at someone who was a legend, in his own mind!
@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
3 Jun 10
Lol, I've met someone like that. He even tells other people who are professional on the field of what he's talking about. For example, he tells a truck driver how to navigate around a tight entrance in a subdivision area whereas he doesn't even know how to drive. Lol
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@Renhard (3471)
• Jamaica
2 Jun 10
I know that feeling. I never thought of myself as being boastful but then came a time when i started to groom my hair in away that was not allowed for school. I started to do a lot of things that the popular guys did without realizing that I am doing it. Then people started classifying me as hype and boastful. But i never saw myself that way. But i was getting well known around the school. And now i feel if i make a slip up it will be very painful like the time i dye my hair dark black but it never did properly and it was patchy and like polka dots. A mess and everybody stared at me in the school, i had to hide my head you know. What i learn't is try your best to dont be boastful. But even if i try, it wont make a difference at this moment because i already got my name all over the school-popularAm i boasting now? Am i? Hope I am not
@cowboyofhell (3063)
• Philippines
3 Jun 10
below hell is heaven so it is true that getting low is the best way to maintain image well. the arrogant person will only be forgotten and scorned at.
@tomitomi (5429)
• Singapore
2 Jun 10
There is truth in what you said, both literally or otherwise. I don't think we should change anything in responding to people who are arrogant or boastful. We just have to be the way we have been...
@rastogisw (445)
• India
2 Jun 10
This is true .Well I always remain humble only with those whom i really dont like I never talk to them in humble way bit arrogantly I talk to them.