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Former President & CEO of multiple hospital systems and founding president & CEO of 20-hospital OhioHealth, best selling author, film artist, ordained minister, composer, published poet, syndicated T.V. host, trial attorney, federal prosecutor and Municipal Court Judge. Erie is internationally known as the founder of the Radical Loving Care(R)movement. He also heads Erie Chapman Foundation, Dane Dakota Productions, LLC, and Chapman Health International, Inc.

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Former President & CEO of multiple hospital systems and founding president & CEO of 20-hospital OhioHealth, best selling author, film artist, ordained minister, composer, published poet, syndicated T.V. host, trial attorney, federal prosecutor and Municipal Court Judge. Erie is internationally known as the founder of the Radical Loving Care(R)movement. He also heads Erie Chapman Foundation, Dane Dakota Productions, LLC, and Chapman Health International, Inc.

Days 195-199 – The Quiet Heart of Humility

5 sails edited #2 (c) erie chapman 2017-2020   Everyone admires it. Few find it.

   Childhood's ears heard humility as simply, "not bragging." Then, ministers imply, "We are nothing."

   Adulthood hears tones that staccato less nihilism. They hymn, "You are a child of God & you are not God."

  Humility is essential to Peace. It appears each time we forgive, admit, "I was wrong," quiet the compulsion to claim credit (replacing that by celebrating that we are one.) And when we release the suffocating belief that we "own" things or people. 

  Andrew Murray explained it in a column quoted by Dr. Clay Stauffer:

   "Humility is perfect quietness of heart. …It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me and when I am blamed or despised. It is to have a blessed home in the Lord where I can go in and shut the door and kneel to [God] in secret and be at peace as in a deep sea of calmness when all around is trouble."

   Humility runs against the grain of western thinking. It requires daily practices to weave it into living love. Thus easing closer to peace.

-Erie Chapman

photoart: "Atlantic Sunrise" – from "Peace Series, by Erie 2016 & 2020

   

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4 responses to “Days 195-199 – The Quiet Heart of Humility”

  1. teresa Reynolds Avatar
    teresa Reynolds

    I love this piece so much. Thank you!

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  2. ~liz Wessel Avatar
    ~liz Wessel

    A admire your authentic expression Erie, which encourages deeper reflection, to ponder and discern how to apply this concept within our own lives. Your impressive photo image and Dr. Stauffer’s description of humility stirred thoughts of a tornado. Where everything may be turbulent and swirling around us but within the chaos, within the eye of the tornado is complete stillness, complete calm, a place where peace resides.
    I can relate to this need for humility. I find that I can be overly concerned with pleasing others, of seeking approval perhaps to validate that I am okay. I am making a very intentional effort to pause and allow uncomfortable feelings of anxiety to arise and pass rather than needing “to fix”. To allow space for a more natural unfolding. I am also experiencing the positive aspect of communication and speaking with a person, to connect (not question) and to resist making assumptions. In this time of strange isolation I find this helpful.
    As ever, thanks for another thought provoking essay. Wishing you abundant peace, the peace that surpasses all understanding. Thank you for sharing your journey with us.

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    Erie Chapman Foundation

    Yes. Thank you so much, Liz. Mr. Murray quote is exceptionally eloquent as is your response including, “everything may be turbulent and swirling around us but within the chaos, within the eye of the tornado is complete stillness, complete calm, a place where peace resides.

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    Erie Chapman Foundation

    So glad you enjoyed it, Teresa. Thank you.

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