In an era of celebrity-worship and the “selfie”, can a person find power in… humbleness? Hanan Harchol explores humility in a sketch series for Jewish Food for Thought. Hanan’s usually taciturn father surprises him with praise. Hanan asks why his father only praises him when Hanan is at a low point in life. And so begins a thought-provoking conversation about the power of humility, as his father encourages Hanan to be like the earth, whose gravitational force draws everything towards it. By exerting humbleness, people stop feeling the need to compete. They allow themselves to relax and be themselves when they stop fighting for power with another that demands recognition. “Humility” urges us to reconsider this facet as a sign of weakness, and begin to recognize how deceptively potent it is for the individual.