Greatness and humility

We always hear stories of greatness, what we are never told is the thought process, the mental state during the process of achievement. It is kind of a subconscious state when mind has to empty everything else to achieve greatness. It is never really tracked.

Success and greatness is a relative term per se. Greatness is around you everywhere, in small things but we tend to accept it only when told by an authority or a lot of people. (It has something to do with inherent human nature to seek confirmation from others, many a times not trusting their own judgement.) So my point here is, when a person is achieving something great, he does it every single day, every single moment. And he is unaware of his achievement because no one really told him. And one fine morning when he is getting ready for his daily work, somebody somewhere recognizes it. And now his work is labelled as ‘great achievement’. And this poor fellow is baffled, because he doesn’t feel being great. This is primarily the reason why greatness is always accompanied by humility.