There was once a man walking in the forest when he saw a big bear. Terrified, he took his umbrella and stuck the point out at the bear and the bear fell and died. The guy patted himself on his back saying, “wow look what i was able to do, i am so strong with an umbrella i killed a bear.” Then, behind him he heard a laugh, it was a hunter that said, “How do u think the bear fell, I shot the bear, do u think u can really kill a bear with an umbrella.”
Nimshol: We do things in this world and give ourselves so much credit, look how strong, smart, popular, influencial I am…with my strength, money I am able to ….If we would realize we are as powerless as the guy holding an umbrella and he thinks he killed a bear. There is a powerful force behind us making us seem successful, we just need to recognize that the strength is not ours.