However real self-knowledge costs. We cling to our illusions because we find them more comfortable and comforting than reality. Our Lady is the model of the Christian disciple. One of her great virtues is humility. The one who commits himself or herself to this journey into intimacy with God will have to learn humility very quickly.
Humility means knowing and accepting the truth about oneself.
If I continue in my relationship with God, I will learn the truth, i.e. I will learn who and what I am. I will begin to see my motives, which I had always assumed were as pure as the driven snow. I will see that at best they are mixed with all sorts of other less pure elements. This of course is a very early stage in the relationship with God. It is like the courtship stage in a human relationship.