Unappreciated humility
A man went to a river to have a bath. As he was groping his way into the stream, he saw a crab who was trying to catch a mosquito with his claw. The man laughed. "Oh dear crab," said he, "you may indeed have a sharp claw, but you overestimate yourself thinking you could catch a mosquito with it." Suddenly, the man felt a gnawing pain in his toe. To his surprise, the crab has already buried his claw in it. "Oh dear man," said the crab, "I was just trying to shoo the mosquito away." Quite a few times we find ourselves underestimating people. It may not be as bad as it seems. Sometimes, we rationalize it as a form of constructive criticism. It was not about judging them, so we thought, but more like telling them where else they could improve on. At the back of our mind, however, probably lies the laugh of that man to the crab. We don't admit it but as human beings, it is but normal for us to compare ourselves, and even to feel superior,...