What is the value of a metanoia if it lacks love and humility?

A metanoia performed without humility and love becomes a sort of mockery. So did the Roman soldiers bow before Jesus in the house of the governor in order to mock Him (Matt. 27:29). Thus, St. Isaac the Syrian calls us to perform our metanoias with humility and love, saying: “Let your prostration be low before all men and be the first to salute; then you will be honoured more than he who brings gold from Ophir.”³²¹