If you want to be humble, just remember two words, two states of being. The professor was talking while getting prep for his colonoscopy. We were wondering as what will he say to enlighten us. Then he said two words with a smile: Diarrhea and Constipation,
Only those who suffer know it quite well; the discomfort, embarrassment, and the moment of weakness. The private sufferings of one's privates; losing control, or failure to let go of waste. Everyone has it, only a few remember that moment. Then the return of ego, anger, conquest, win or lose. The claims of one better race over others, the superiority of being in what. Everyone has same number one and two to wipe and wash. The blockage or a free-fall makes us all equal human beings: whether royals or commoners, all feel the same. The simple pep talk started in the Endoscopy suite end up as food for thought.
To some, these bodily dysfunctions become a chronic issue. They get restricted, isolated. They feel embarrassed as they feel that they are the only ones with issues. Others enlighten themselves as all are born equal, search for humility in a moment of weakness, a remembrance of a common thread of being human and so weak as to get incapacitant with one's own bodily dysfunction.
