‘Greatness’

by carl on September 1, 2007 in Brief and General. Comments

Splitting hairs and focusing on a split hair or two imparts ‘greatness’ to an ultra narrow field. This is like being a big fish in small pond. The folly here is that we infer that this ‘greatness’ exists beyond that small pond. It doesn’t. How ‘connected to the whole’ we feel is determined by our weakest link. Or perhaps our ’strongest’, as in ‘the world recognizes the beautiful as the beautiful, yet this is only the ugly…’ and so on. Our strong side blinds us to our weak side, our Achilles heel.

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  • unclebob
    I use conditioner so I don't have split hairs. nyuk nyuk nyuk Oh, a wise guy.

    I know not to try to be a big fish because there is always a bigger fish.

    It also just isn't in my nature to puff up my chest and think how 'great' I am or hope someone else notices, nor do I like to draw attention to myself. Don't get me wrong, it is nice to be noticed for doing something above and beyond. A simple "good job bob" is fine enough for me.

    beauty is skin deep, ugly goes clean to the bone. LOL
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