Some people carry this ego that swells until it bursts.
Have you ever met anyone like that?
There’re plenty of them — especially on the news.
By the way, I borrowed the title from this old saying:
I not only thought I had struck gold, I also thought that I owned the mine.
Isn’t it so true?
After one success, some feel they are the best in the world.
After one massive profit, some believe they control the entire market.
After reaching the king’s throne, some imagine they will rule the whole world.
Nonsense.
The predecessors of this kind — with all their knowledge, wealth, and power — left the world not only empty-handed, but with a history marked by shame and disgrace.
People remember that kind for their evils, just as a reminder, a moral lesson, a path we’re warned not to follow.
Has your mother ever warned you not to listen to the whispers of the devils?
Haven’t you ever wondered how some people have excelled the devil in his own craft?
Actually, the devil himself would be so astonished by the high level those people reach that he might apply for early retirement before his eternal journey back home to hell.
By the way, the saying above doesn’t apply to these ego-swollen humans.
Here it is again;
I not only thought I had struck gold, I also thought that I owned the mine.
It applies to those with a nagging conscience — those ones who admit their mistakes and try not only to fix them but also to learn from them.
Though the devils know their mistakes; in fact, that’s what they live for and by, they neither fix them nor learn from them.
But for humans, it is never too late to learn.
Isn’t it.
With humble human thoughts,
Nahla
Pure and Simple 