Ego Afflicts Only The Naive
I often interact with people who have seen life, it's ups and downs. Razdan uncle is a retired executive director from a renowned multinational corporation. Yesterday I met him in the Japanese Garden. He was conversing heartily, cracking jokes with the gardeners. I went to him, humbly touched his feet. He looked intently at me for a while. At last he recognized me. "Oh Sanjay! How are you? How is your mother?" he inquired, hugging me warmly. "I am good uncle. Mom is also fine." said I "Uncle, you have retired as an executive director from a big corporation. It does not behove you to sit among the hoi polloi!" I teased him. He smilingly said, "Son, an innocent child is without ego. A lonely, aged person should also be sans ego. Ego is an illusion that mostly afflicts naive, young people. Any position or fame can never be a long term companion. The earlier one realizes this, the better." After a pause he continued, "But for t