My Dad’s favorite pie is Mincemeat pie. I honestly don’t know how he can eat it, but I would take Mincemeat pie over Humble pie any day!
Wouldn’t it be nice if we were perfect and never made mistakes. If things just always went according to plan, working out exactly as you intended it to. Unfortunately if that was so, we wouldn’t be human!
Recently I have had to partake of some Humble Pie and it hasn’t been my first time and probably won’t be my last. Though I don’t intend my next serving to be for the same reason. Lesson has been learned!
As bad as eating Humble pie can feel, it does serve a purpose. It helps to show us things that we can make a note of and learn from. As someone has said to me, learning from our mistakes is part of life, it keeps us growing. May not be the most fun way to grow, but it does help us, if we are open to seeing the lesson.
The other lesson from eating Humble pie is the feeling of grace we get from our dear family and friends. The feeling of grace when they extend their forgiveness. It warms the heart.
Hopefully we can remember that feeling of grace and extend our forgiveness to others when we are on the other side.
Life is a journey. A journey of mountain tops and valley’s; twists and curves. A journey of times where we can teach lessons to others, and times of where we are the student and learning lessons. So thankful for my dear family and friends that continue to walk this journey of life with me, through all the ups and downs that life brings.
If there was more humility in our world, I would suggest that there would be far less problems. Great Post. 🙂
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Very true! Would make it 1 step closer to the world that you talk about in your beautiful poem. 🙂
Thanks, glad you liked the post. 🙂
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Lovely post! Having had more than a few servings of humble pie myself, I can appreciate all the goodness that accompanies that experience. 🙂
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Thanks Kat!
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I think we have all had our serving of humble pie. Eating humble pie all comes down to how it was served and how it was received. Given and taken the right way, it can be a positive lesson in life and help mould who we become.
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Exactly! Thanks for your comments.
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To err is human. To learn from it is wise.
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beautiful – like you ❤
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Awh!! Thank you Jodi, as my cheeks flush some.
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Well said! And we also should forgive ourselves when we make mistakes. After all, we’re only human, as you mentioned, and mistakes are bound to happen.
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Thanks Meg and you are right. It seems though that a lot of times forgiving ourselves is harder to do then forgiving others
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It’s a good thing that humble pie is gluten free, huh? 😉
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Haha!
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Thanks again for popping over to my blog. It’s quite late on my end so I’ll have to come back. But on your topic of the lessons you need to learn by eating humble pie, I have had to teach myself to be grateful even for unpleasant things that happen since quite often, bad as the experience might be, there is often a lesson for growth. Of course, it’s far from easy – our egos get in the way and sometimes you want the satisfaction of throwing your toys out of the cot. Hope to see you again soon! 😀 Chevvy.
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I am enjoying your blog and look forward to reading more. Thanks so much for commenting on mine, even though it is quite late!
I hope you enjoy reading my other posts when you have time.
You are so right about a lesson in growth and I had to smile at your last line. At times that can be true. 🙂
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Oh I’m definitely coming back, your attitude to life is very refreshing. Yes, on that last point, I’m learning to give the monkey back to their owners otherwise I live with other people’s stress on my back. Look foreword to keeping up with you! Cheers!😀
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Thanks so much for your kind words. I try to have a good attitude about life, can’t say I win at it all the time! Sounds like you have a great attitude as well! Glad to have you as a follower and look forward to interacting with you more.
Have a great day!
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I like the image of giving the monkey back to the owners. “Not my circus” is often a useful reminder indeed!
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Beautiful thoughts, thank you for sharing!
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Thank you for your nice comment!
You are welcome.
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I know what you mean JR, that’s tough, I’m praying for you. No one likes to have flaws or things done wrong pointed out, but we do grow and try to change because of those times for the most part I think. There are times people are being just mean.
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Thanks sweet Mandi!
Yes some people aren’t nice about serving you humble pie , but thats not the issue in my experience thankfully.
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I’m glad 🙂
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A lovely post. I do believe one of the experiences we all have many times is the taste of humble pie.
According to the Phrase Finder ( http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/eat-humble-pie.html)
“In the USA, since the mid 19th century, anyone who had occasion to ‘eat his words’ by humiliatingly recanting something would be said to ‘eat crow’ (previously ‘eat boiled crow’). In the UK we ‘eat humble pie’. The unpalatability of crow, boiled or otherwise, seems clear, but what about humble pie?
Humble pie In the 14th century, the numbles (or noumbles, nomblys, noubles) was the name given to the heart, liver, entrails etc. of animals, especially of deer – what we now call offal or lights. By the 15th century this had migrated to umbles, although the words co-existed for some time. There are many references to both words in Old English and Middle English texts from 1330 onward. Umbles were used as an ingredient in pies, although the first record of ‘umble pie’ in print is as late as the 17th century. Samuel Pepys makes many references to such pies in his diary; for example, on 5th July 1662:”
My best to you always, 🌍
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Thank you for that history. Interesting 🙂
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That’s interesting on two levels. I’d never heard about that as the original meaning of “humble pie.” Also, though I grew up in the USA, I’m pretty sure that I’ve heard the phrase “eat humble pie” far more than “eat crow.”
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Then there are “Eat dirt!” and “Eat your heart out!”… but they do have different meanings. There must be some sub-conscious urge to impact peoples eating habits! This is no longer “eating away at me” now I have it in print. 🙂
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Well, now that that’s settled you can “eat, drink and be merry!” 😉
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Cheers! (Oh no… that was a TV sitcom wasn’t it!) 🙂
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Oh yes I remember that show. Who could forget Sam. 🙂
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Me! I only remember Diane and, to a lesser degree Rebecca! 🙂
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Haha! But don’t you mean Rita?
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No. Couldn’t quite connect with her personality.
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But who was Rebecca? I was thinking that you had the wrong name. Are you sure I am not right again? 🙂
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Rebecca (Kirsty Alley) took over running Cheers after Diane (Shelley Long) left the show.
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I remember now, but yes you had me confused there for a second.
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It’s not difficult! 🙂
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I would agree with you…but that would be a little too painful! 🙂
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Sam who?
😉
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Oh you remember Sam,my dear Brad, He was the Really,Really,Really Goodlooking one! :p!
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You really are confused. That was Woody!
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“Very funny!” :p!
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I don’t know Sam, Woody, Rebecca, or Dianne. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a whole episode of Cheers. If I have, it wasn’t very many.
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Oh I have to find a cure for you being deprived. Will have to see if I can find some reruns of Cheers for you to watch. Then you can see who Sam is. :)!
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I’m sure I’d recognize him since I have seen a few bits and pieces of Cheers, but I haven’t seen enough to know any names.
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Just remember the handsome one is Sam not Woody, contrary to what Colin said! 🙂
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I see the crazy clowns are at it again. 🙂 You forgot one though. “Let them eat cake!”
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I really, REALLY, hate to say this to you Carolyn… but ………. GOOD ONE! 🙂
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LOL!! It was painful, eh! 🙂
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You have no idea!
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It’s okay, with practice things do get easier…..just saying 🙂
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Personally, I’m with your dad…love mincemeat pie! And it’s a far cry from having to swallow humble pie which never goes down well. 🙂
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You are welcome to all the mincemeat pie you want. I won’t ask you to share any. 🙂
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Color me happy!
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This was so thoughtful.
We dont cook much pies here. Looking at title I really thought there is pie variant called humble pie! 😛
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