A short parable on humility, and pride

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There was once a great writer, named Dave Hedgling, who had a certain pride in his own work, as he was paid well for each book that he wrote. Then, he lost the ability to write, and he was all written out, was his feeling. He realised a change was needed. So, he joined a monastery, and instead of writing, he meditated for long hours each day. After several years of this, he wrote a sentence down in his notebook, which said. "Humility is built on love, not on pride. A hard lesson for anyone to learn, yet alone me." And so, he became then a writer of spiritual books, rather than of crime novels. Instead of pleasing his mind with his writing, he was now pleasing his heart. Writing creates pride of accomplishment in it, only removed, when we write for love, not for life's rewards. Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com The writer had found living life in his library, rather than his just settling for outer expiring riches, anymore.