There are a fair amount of people who truly believe that they are humble, and yet contradict that belief, by wanting to be recognized by others as being humble. So too, some believe that they are the epitome of humility because they abase themselves in some visible form or another -- somehow not recognizing that purposely drawing attention to oneself as an act of debasement deliberately done to be perceived as being humiliating, is not then being humble. Look, humility, really does mean letting go of our ego attachment of desiring to be recognized by others as being the person who thereby deserves recognition for whatever good deed that has been accomplished. Those who are faithfully practicing humility, are the very same, who derive satisfaction from having performed their good deeds and that alone, and hence do not need or expect to receive attention for what they believe they felt they needed to do. In other words, we should get our satisfaction from having done the right thing, and should not then feel the need to be visibly recognized for such, for the recognition that we need, is actualized by the good actions that we have done.
It isn’t easy to be humble, because human beings have a strong inclination to desire to be validated by those of their peers, which is perfectly acceptable. Those then that are being validated, do not though deserve to be seen as being humble for they are being recognized by their peers for the work that they have done. On the other hand, those anonymous people or unsung people who perform good deeds, but are not recognized, though they could seek such, are people who are truly practicing humility.
Additionally, there is a tendency for those who perform good deeds to believe that somehow they are therefore better people than all those who do not do the same, and hence, they take on the aura that they are essentially worth more than the other. Indeed, while having such an attitude like that is no crime, it does though represent someone who has permitted their ego to take a degree of precedence over the good that they have done. In actuality, those who are humble are the type of people who concentrate on just getting done what needs to get done and are unconcern as to whether or not they receive accolades for having accomplished such.
To be humble is to identify less with the egotistical self, and thereby identify more with the bigger picture, that we are all created by the same God and equally valued by that God, who shines His light upon the just and unjust, alike. We are meant to do our best in this world by the decisions and the acts that we address, of which, we therefore take responsibility for those acts. Indeed, the only prize that truly matters is not of this world, and those who concentrate on the obtainment of that prize are the very humble ones, for they do not permit themselves to get sidetracked by this or that in this material world, but rather they keep their eyes focused exclusively upon that eternal prize.