I Am Small: The Power of Humility in Healing
The Posture of Learning
When we approach the medicine, it’s not as masters but as students. The plants carry a wisdom older than any human philosophy. They teach in silence, through intuition, and through the language of the heart. The medicine acts as a vehicle of divine light that teaches those who come with openness—those willing to listen, to surrender, and to be taught.
If we already had all the answers, why would we still suffer? If we truly knew how to live in health and joy, would we continue to repeat the same cycles of pain and separation? These questions remind us that humility is not weakness—it’s awareness. It’s the recognition that there is more to learn, that healing requires letting go of what we think we know, and understanding that we don’t know what we don’t know.
The Mirror of Recovery
The same truth applies to recovery. Healing is not a straight path; it’s a spiral that invites us to revisit our wounds with new eyes. When we show up convinced that we already know everything, we block the very insight we seek. To heal, we need to be willing to be honest with ourselves, and this requires humility.
To recover is to listen—to ourselves, to others, and to the quiet voice of Spirit. Listen much, speak little. Be small, so that you can perceive the help that is already present. The divine often works subtly: through a conversation, a song, a moment of silence that pierces the heart.
Misconceptions About Failure
It’s a common misconception that the inability to recover from addiction and destructive patterns is just about defects of character. In truth, it is often a lack of perception—a blindness to what is real. What we call relapse, avoidance, or self-sabotage are often expressions of pain unrecognized. Beneath the behaviors lies a longing for connection, purpose, and love.
When we begin to see our struggle not as moral failure but as a sacred call for awareness, compassion replaces shame. We start to recognize that what seemed broken was actually guiding us toward wholeness. Our suffering, when viewed through humility, becomes a teacher.
The Gift of Smallness
Humility is the cornerstone of both recovery and spiritual awakening. From this posture, everything becomes easier, and we begin to cultivate the virtues necessary for true healing. To be small is to make room for grace. When the ego quiets, the heart can finally hear the deeper current moving beneath all things.
Trust in that current. It knows the way home.
The spirit of truth will guide each step of the journey—not through grand revelation, but through small, consistent moments of honesty and surrender.
So we say again, and again, with reverence and courage:
I am small.
In this smallness, we become teachable. When we begin to learn our lessons well, we then learn to trust the divine love within our hearts. And from this blessing of the Divine love, a new life begins.
Open Paths,
Drew
