If you read John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila, Julian of Norwich, or most mystics from that era, you’ll notice something striking: They didn’t just value humility; they actively asked for it. Julian of Norwich had three spiritual wishes. One of them was to be gravely ill, approaching death’s door, just to see God more clearly. And that actually happened. John of the Cross openly writes about asking God for things to go wrong , for hardships to come his way, to bring him ba