I Stand Alone

The boastful only see the best in themselves while the wise see the worst in what they do.

Living in a world where excellence is valued so greatly above all else has made us blind to this fact. And this is exactly what will one day lead our society to its downfall.

How true is this fact? What wrong is there in believing in your ability?

Of course there is nothing wrong in believing in yourself. But how much is too much? An excess of something can never be good for a person. Even if it is an excess of goodness.

Mankind was created with weaknesses. He was blessed with both good and bad. Made in perfection as well as flawed. Understanding this is the key to humility.

"It is a mortifying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility, that many of the most valuable discoveries have been the result of chance rather than of contemplation, and of accident rather than of design."

- Charles Caleb Colton

Every single achievement of ours was built upon chance. All of the future exists only as a result of conditions created in the past.

Had your father not been born, would you be here?

If fire had never been discovered, would man know how to cook?

Without the discovery of wheels, would cars exist?

Without men, can there be women?

Without children would there have been adults?

All that is strong was once upon a time weak. By that understanding will the wise derive compassion. Compassion which is forgotten by the vain and boastful; The self-absorbed.

Selfishness has been bred by the belief of strength in oneself. And ours is a society that greatly values that. That strength. Self-reliance. But man was not made to be entirely self-reliant. Man was not created powerful.

We do not stand alone.