Modesty

As naturally self interested beings I understand our tendency toward egoism, but to what end? There must be a point in which a rational individual, and rationality is something we are all endowed with, believe it or not, can recognize the self destructive nature of such unsavoury characteristics as arrogance, for example, or conceitedness. We are all granted a certain amount of self-satisfaction, but we must be modest, however trying it may be to find that balance. It is painful to surround oneself with such individuals for they have not yet realized their utter minuteness within the grand cosmological schema. The self-righteousness of the educated for their own sake is something I find detestable, but also sobering to the individual who is willing to concede that, upon comparison of character, will choose never to be as such. The difficulty therein lies with bursting such an individual's bubble, so to speak, whilst remaining unimpassioned and ensuring the individual's dignity is still intact. Nevertheless, I believe this to be a noble endeavour, and one executed with the utmost respect for and in the interest of one's fellow man.