I remember some years ago feeling bad for people who seemed to lack talents. People without social skills and conspicuous abilities appeared to be at a disadvantage in marriage, in the workplace, even in the church. Maybe the meek shall inherit the earth, but only as a consolation prize after it has been desecrated by millennia of human contamination. Or so I thought. While it may be true that talent, polish, and ability will triumph in this world, in the eternal worlds it is a very different story.
Meekness has vital importance for family life.
For example, most marriage programs used to put a heavy emphasis on communication skills. But there is a growing body of research that suggests that communication is not the key to a satisfying and enduring marriage. A skillful person may use that ability to bless and support or to devastate and manipulate a partner. Skillfulness by itself is neither a blessing nor a cursing. Kind people, even if they lack refined skills, will bless their partners.