Modesty and the mind

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Modesty is one thing that has really brought about diverse opinions from among the people of this world. Although, we may all be right about our opinions and views about modesty as it appears to us, one simple fact about modesty that would not be taken off is that of being moderate.

Hello Hivians, welcome to my blog. In response to the topic of the @hiveghana weekly prompt before us this week, I would like to share my opinion on “Modesty” with others.

In my own understanding and view about modesty, I would say modesty is beyond what people take it for. In most cases, people are always particular about people's outlooks or appearances when talking about modesty. In fact, I have seen people saying one should be modest in the way we talk, which is all right in our own opinions.

However, modesty to me is all about our mindset, what is modest or moderate to one might not be to others such is life and that's why I said that, modesty is a thing of the mind which differs from one person to the other.

So, for me, modesty is how moderate we are in our mind and also in our dealings and behaviors with others and this starts from our appearances, eating, drinking, communication and most especially how we relate with others.

Also, one thing I have got to know is that, anything done to the extreme whether good or bad is not modesty. For instance, if one is too good and can give all what he or she has, such a person is not being modest to me. If you are too reserved and do not talk at all, you are not a modest person to me.

To me, anything that's more than striking the balance or being moderate is not modesty to me.

I have a friend that has this uncommon giving spirit. He can give all he has. So, in particular, when he had given out all he had, he was lamenting saying he had nothing left with him. He was angry with himself and it's then I came to him and told him that giving is good and it's even what God loves most, but while giving, we must give with all sense of modesty.

Also, I have seen someone who out of religiosity always dresses shabbily claiming to be modest, but when it got to a time that the lady sensed that no man is coming for her hand in marriage, she adjusted a little bit, not by being too extravagant in dressing but moderate and before we know it, people started coming for her hand in marriage and today, she's happily married.

In conclusion, modesty is a thing of the mind and in my own opinion anything done in extremism is nothing close to modesty.

Thanks for reading.

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