The True Path

       'My story is one of many thousands. And the world will not suffer, if it ends too soon.' - Ezio Auditore da Firenze, Assassin's Creed: Revelations


       Great people have often been perceived as arrogant. 
       I might be wrong to state it so bluntly, yet say it I must. It is my opinion that, indeed, most are. But the best amongst them - the greatest if you will - would never place themselves above the world. If they would, at first, seem to be as arrogant as the rest, this might be attributed to the strength of character necessary to be so self-possessed, confident, certain of who you are.
       The greatest of men are perhaps also the humblest, the people who do seek neither rewards, nor recognition. Rather they are the ones who have come to realise it is only what you do for your fellow man that has any significance, any measurable impact on this world. To be needed, to be of aid to another is mixed blessing, a life few would embrace knowingly and whole-heartedly. For it is far more difficult and dangerous to strive for a greater good, to try and become better than you can be, so that you may bring good to the lives of others - even a little.
       Throughout the centuries, myths and legends have set a high standard to which we might aspire. Both fiction and historical records have told us of great, selfless acts, of people who rose above what was demanded and expected of them. I might be wrong to try to grasp the meaning behind all this... I might be wrong to even think I might have an opinion, concise as it is.
       But I have come to belive something, after reading and thinking so bloody much. Humility is the true path to greatness.