[Elsie]

This is a handicap, true, but it is also liberating in a way for the same reason.

True; dis!

[GBA]

One of the most difficult things to do well is to be an older student coming from a position of rank and then lower one's self to the level of a plebe.

The ego is full of itself and it demands that you be full of it too, so to speak, and really doesn't like "lowering" itself at all and will fight tooth and nail to maintain its position of authority and knowledge.

But, in Scripture we are told not to trust our own understanding and, like the rowdy, smartass, disruptive kid in class, it must be made to sit down and shut up so that learning can continue.

I obviously haven't figured out how to do that very well and frequently get in my own way, but sometimes I get close and slowly I get better at it.

I read the posts from many who post comments here and elsewhere and see that I'm not alone in this inner human struggle.