I have concluded that those who have experienced uninterrupted good health, who have never had to face surgery, may not be as blessed as they seem because they haven't yet learned how limited and temporary their own strength is. This type of person has confronted the grim reality of how weak he or she is without God. In fact, he referred to weakness more than a dozen times in both of his letters to the Church in Corinth. It's much better to be keenly aware of your weakness, so you understand how important it is to rely on God's strength alone. Proud people have a drive to be recognized, to be appreciated.
Broken people have a sense of their own unworthiness.
Proud people feel confident in how much they know, but broken people are humbled by how very much they have to learn. Proud people are self-conscious, but broken people are not concerned with self at all. Proud people keep others at arms length, but broken people are willing to risk getting close to others and to take the risk of loving intimately. Proud people are quick to blame others, but broken people accept personal responsibility and can see where they were wrong in the situation. In all honesty, I have not mastered these truths yet.