Humility is a quality that is essential to be truly happy. Most people are self centered and focused on possessions, and in the end they don't make you happy. As a matter of fact they can disappear in the blink of an eye. It is something you learn throughout life, as life throws those punches you don't see coming. One day you can be on top of the world and on deaths door the next. Being humble not only makes you appreciate life but makes others value you as well.

It's just sad that it often takes traumatic events for many to become more humble. In the end most people learn it to an extent, except for the true narcissists in the world who are unable to ever gain humility.