The wonders of the human ego

Yes!! I am convinced that the human ego will be the down fall of mankind. Or at least, give an egotistical bastard enough rope and he'll hang himself with it! At the same time, a HEALTHY ego can be a catalyst to many wonderful things, such as convincing another, who is not too sure of themselves, that it6's perfectly okay to jump in the lake and that you will be there to guide them. The sad thing of course is when they do jump into the lake the fisrt time, you paddle alongside them and then afterwards they're own ego has expanded to such a degree that now they feel that they can swim on their own, and you're left out on the beach, looking at the horizon and wondering what the hell happened. I don't wanna be on the damn beach!!!!!