I know a lot of people who have Center of the Universe Syndrome. They think that everything revolves around them. You know them- they turn every conversation into something about themselves and brag or try to One-up you on everything you have to say. These people complain incessantly but claim to be the biggest charitable hearts you know. Nobody is more caring about others than they are.
Although both of the following statements are often rude, we as a species do need to hear them from time to time: "It's not about you" and "Get over yourself". In the bottom line, we are completely insignificant. Sometimes we lose track of this because in our small environ we appear to be powerful or important, but on an Astronomical scale, everything we do and say and have is completely irrelevant. just ask an astronaut who has seen the earth from orbit how big you appear to the rest of the universe.
I wonder if God allowed us to explore space just so we could begin to comprehend how impotent and irrelevant we are. True, we are important to him, but even to our own planet, some plastic bags or flattulence or a campfire can't upset the earth too much. Even if we tried, I doubt people could destroy the earth, and we are equally powerless to save it.
You may have money or power or popularity; those things are all temporary. Eventually, we all die, and then our power and money and popularity die with us. People don't usually gather at the mosoleum of a leader millenia dead and worship his power and influence. We are just people. What we are is not important; what we do defines us.
Get over yourself and go out and do something worth doing.
Although both of the following statements are often rude, we as a species do need to hear them from time to time: "It's not about you" and "Get over yourself". In the bottom line, we are completely insignificant. Sometimes we lose track of this because in our small environ we appear to be powerful or important, but on an Astronomical scale, everything we do and say and have is completely irrelevant. just ask an astronaut who has seen the earth from orbit how big you appear to the rest of the universe.
I wonder if God allowed us to explore space just so we could begin to comprehend how impotent and irrelevant we are. True, we are important to him, but even to our own planet, some plastic bags or flattulence or a campfire can't upset the earth too much. Even if we tried, I doubt people could destroy the earth, and we are equally powerless to save it.
You may have money or power or popularity; those things are all temporary. Eventually, we all die, and then our power and money and popularity die with us. People don't usually gather at the mosoleum of a leader millenia dead and worship his power and influence. We are just people. What we are is not important; what we do defines us.
Get over yourself and go out and do something worth doing.
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